Effective - 28 Aug 1996
320.090. Emergency services, contracts for mutual aid operative in disasters — requirements. — 1. Any municipal fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association, as defined by section 320.300, may enter into contracts providing for mutual aid regarding emergency services provided by such fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association. The contracts that are agreed upon may provide for compensation from the parties and other terms that are agreeable to the parties and may be for an indefinite period as long as they include a sixty-day cancellation notice by either party. The contracts agreed upon may not be entered into for the purpose of reduction of manpower by either party.
2. Any municipal fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association may provide assistance to any other municipal fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association in the state, or any bordering state, at the time of a significant emergency such as a fire, earthquake, flood, tornado, hazardous material incident or other such disaster. The chief or highest ranking fire officer may render aid to any requesting fire department, fire protection district or volunteer fire protection association as long as he is acting in accordance with the policies and procedures set forth by the governing board of that governmental entity or association.
3. When responding on mutual aid or emergency aid requests, the fire department, fire protection district, or volunteer fire association shall be subject to all provisions of law as if it were providing service within its own jurisdiction.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1395 & 1448 § 1 subsecs. 1, 2, 3, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1668, A.L. 1996 S.B. 740)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals
Section 320.010 - Proprietors of public buildings required to erect fire escapes — how constructed.
Section 320.020 - How erected and enclosed.
Section 320.030 - Number to each building.
Section 320.040 - Buildings to be equipped with fire escapes.
Section 320.060 - Duty of officers.
Section 320.070 - Doors to certain buildings to be hung, how.
Section 320.081 - Fire insurance company records to be furnished law enforcement officials, when.
Section 320.088 - Personal protective equipment, standards for purchasing.
Section 320.089 - Labeling requirement for personal protective equipment, violation, penalty.
Section 320.092 - Creates annual reporting requirements for certain tax credits.
Section 320.097 - Residency requirements prohibited, when.
Section 320.106 - Definitions.
Section 320.121 - Powers of cities and certain counties to regulate or prohibit fireworks.
Section 320.122 - Supremacy clause — regulation of fireworks (St. Louis County).
Section 320.136 - Ground salutes, special type, prohibited.
Section 320.141 - Permissible items of consumer fireworks, how sold, when.
Section 320.146 - Display and storage of fireworks, restrictions on.
Section 320.156 - Items and activities not subject to provisions of sections 320.106 to 320.161.
Section 320.161 - Penalty provisions.
Section 320.200 - Definitions.
Section 320.205 - Fire marshal, appointment, qualifications.
Section 320.210 - Employees, how appointed, qualifications.
Section 320.215 - Reimbursement of employees, expenses and equipment, state to furnish.
Section 320.220 - Special deputy, who eligible.
Section 320.225 - Investigator to have same powers as fire marshal, when.
Section 320.235 - Reports and records required — open to public, exceptions.
Section 320.240 - Property may be entered for investigation, when.
Section 320.250 - Powers of political subdivisions not affected.
Section 320.255 - Salaries, expenses and costs, how paid.
Section 320.260 - Office space to be provided.
Section 320.265 - Appeals, how taken.
Section 320.300 - Volunteer fire protection association, definition.
Section 320.307 - Nonpayment of claim, association has cause of action, amount.
Section 320.310 - Boundaries, filing with county — sole providers, when.
Section 320.330 - Citation of law.
Section 320.333 - Definitions.
Section 320.339 - Wrongful termination, cause of action permitted.
Section 320.350 - Title of law — definitions.
Section 320.362 - Violations, penalties.
Section 320.365 - Rulemaking authority — department of revenue may inspect cigarettes for markings.
Section 320.368 - Enforcement procedures — authorization to examine records.
Section 320.371 - Fund created, use of moneys.