31-2229. SEARCH AND RESCUE. (1) For the purpose of this section:
(a) "Aerial search" means a response by the Idaho office of emergency management and the Idaho transportation department’s division of aeronautics to a missing or overdue aircraft or airman.
(b) "Rescue" means a response by the sheriff to recover lost, missing, injured, impaired or incapacitated persons in imminent danger of injury or death.
(c) "Search" means a response by the sheriff to locate an overdue, missing or lost person.
(2) The sheriff of each county shall:
(a) Be the official responsible for command of all search and rescue operations within the county;
(b) Prepare and keep current a plan to command the search and rescue capabilities and resources available within the county.
(3) All aerial search assets shall be under the coordination of the Idaho transportation department’s division of aeronautics. The ground aspects of the search and rescue of lost aircraft and airmen shall be under the supervision of the county sheriff, in coordination with the chief of the Idaho office of emergency management and the administrator of the division of aeronautics.
(4) Nothing in subsection (2) of this section shall apply to search and rescue operations within the incorporated limits of any city when the city performs such service.
(5) Nothing in subsection (2) of this section shall apply to the rescue of entrapped or injured persons where their location is known to be within a fire district where the fire district performs such service.
(6) Nothing contained in subsection (2) of this section shall apply to the removal of entrapped or injured persons where the person’s location is known to a local EMS agency licensed by the state of Idaho.
History:
[31-2229, added 2008, ch. 39, sec. 2, p. 94; am. 2016, ch. 118, sec. 2, p. 331.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 31 - COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW
Section 31-2201 - PROCESS AND NOTICE DEFINED.
Section 31-2202 - DUTIES OF SHERIFF.
Section 31-2203 - PROCESS RETURNABLE TO ANOTHER COUNTY.
Section 31-2204 - RETURN IS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
Section 31-2205 - PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO RETURN.
Section 31-2206 - REFUSAL TO LEVY EXECUTION.
Section 31-2207 - REFUSAL TO PAY OVER MONEY.
Section 31-2211 - DIRECTIONS MUST BE IN WRITING.
Section 31-2212 - OFFICE DEEMED VACANT, WHEN.
Section 31-2213 - APPARENTLY GOOD PROCESS MUST BE EXECUTED.
Section 31-2214 - MUST EXHIBIT PROCESS.
Section 31-2215 - SHERIFF IS COURT CRIER.
Section 31-2216 - SERVICE ON SHERIFF.
Section 31-2217 - CORONER TO EXECUTE CERTAIN PROCESS.
Section 31-2218 - ELISOR, WHEN APPOINTED.
Section 31-2219 - COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES TO STATE.
Section 31-2220 - INCARCERATION OF SHERIFF ON ARREST.
Section 31-2221 - ELISOR HAS POWERS OF SHERIFF.
Section 31-2222 - TERMINATION OF SHERIFF’S POWERS.
Section 31-2223 - DELIVERY OF PROPERTY TO SUCCESSOR.
Section 31-2224 - DELIVERY OF PROPERTY TO SUCCESSOR — WRITTEN TRANSFER AND RECEIPT.
Section 31-2225 - COMPLETION OF PROCESS.
Section 31-2226 - REFUSAL TO DELIVER PROPERTY.
Section 31-2227 - ENFORCEMENT OF PENAL LAWS — PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.