Effective - 28 Aug 2003
320.095. Water supply, access during emergencies for fire protection services, requirements — liability for damages. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any water corporation, municipality, or public water supply district established pursuant to chapter 247 shall allow access to its supply of water for filling mobile equipment during an emergency involving the protection of life or property to a fire protection district, city fire department, or any other entity providing fire protection services, regardless of any nonpayment of fees to the water corporation, municipality, or public water supply district.
2. Nothing in this section shall authorize the connection of pumping equipment to water lines without authorization from the governing body of the affected water supply.
3. In no circumstance shall a hard suction connection be utilized in obtaining water from a water source.
4. A fire protection service shall notify any source of water utilized pursuant to this section of the estimated amount of water utilized during such emergency, on or before the fifteenth day of the following month for purposes of accountability of unaccounted for water.
5. Under no circumstance shall any entity be authorized to deplete a water supply to a pressure less than the minimum pounds per square inch as required by law or regulation.
6. Any entity which contemplates using water for emergency services pursuant to this section shall provide its personnel with adequate training on the basics of water system supply and proper maintenance and operation of valves and hydrants.
7. The entity providing fire protection shall be liable for any damages caused by it to any part of the water supply system from which water is taken.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 202)
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.