69-25.8. Authority, rights, privileges and immunities of counties, etc., performing services under Article.
Any county, municipal corporation or fire protection district performing any of the services authorized by this Article shall be subject to the same authority and immunities as a county would enjoy in the operation of a county fire department within the county, or a municipal corporation would enjoy in the operation of a fire department within its corporate limits.
No liability shall be incurred by any municipal corporation on account of the absence from the city or town of any or all of its fire-fighting equipment or of members of its fire department by reason of performing services authorized by this Article.
Members of any county, municipal or fire protection district fire department shall have all of the immunities, privileges and rights, including coverage by workers' compensation insurance, when performing any of the functions authorized by this Article, as members of a county fire department would have in performing their duties in and for a county, or as members of a municipal fire department would have in performing their duties for and within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation. (1951, c. 820, s. 8; 1979, c. 714, s. 2.)
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Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.
§ 69-25.1 - Election to be held upon petition of voters.
§ 69-25.2 - Duties of county board of commissioners regarding conduct of elections; cost of holding.
§ 69-25.4 - Tax to be levied and used for furnishing fire protection.
§ 69-25.5 - Methods of providing fire protection.
§ 69-25.6 - Municipal corporations empowered to make contracts.
§ 69-25.7 - Administration of special fund; fire protection district commission.
§ 69-25.9 - Procedure when area lies in more than one county.
§ 69-25.10 - Means of abolishing tax district.
§ 69-25.11 - Changes in area of district.
§ 69-25.12 - Privileges and taxes where territory added to district.
§ 69-25.13 - Privileges and taxes where territory removed from district.
§ 69-25.15 - When district or portion thereof annexed by municipality furnishing fire protection.
§ 69-25.16 - Exclusion from rural fire protection districts.