1. The city is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contracts or agreements with individuals, firms, private corporations or associations, or political subdivisions of the state for fire protection outside the corporate limits of said city, and to contract to provide fire protection jointly with other organizations and municipal subdivisions of the state.
2. Any contract entered into by the city with an individual owner, firm, private corporation or private or non-profit association, for outside aid or mutual aid for fire protection, shall provide for the payment by said owner, firm, private corporation, private or non-profit association, or political subdivision to the city for such fire apparatus and personnel. All monies received from said calls shall go into the fund designated by motion of the City Council.
3. The Fire Department of the city is hereby authorized and directed to answer all outside calls within a distance of five miles from the nearest fire station, unless, in the opinion of the Fire Chief, it is inexpedient to do so on account of another fire in the city, broken apparatus, impassable or dangerous highways, or other physical conditions. All other responses shall be at the direction of the Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief or Mayor.
4. All firefighters of the Fire Department of the city attending or serving at fires, or doing fire prevention work outside the corporate limits of said city, shall be considered as serving in their regular line of duty as fully as if they were serving within the corporate limits of the city, and said firefighters shall be entitled to all the benefits of any Firemen’s Pension and Relief Fund in the same manner as if the firefighting or fire prevention work was being done within the corporate limits of the city.
5. The Fire Department of the city answering any fire alarm or call, or performing any fire prevention services outside the corporate limits of said city shall be considered as an agent of the state and acting solely and alone in a governmental capacity, and said municipality shall not be liable in damages for any act of commission, omission or negligence while answering or returning from any fire or reported fire, or doing any fire prevention work under and by virtue of subsections 1., 2., 3. or 4. above.
6. All motorized equipment of the Fire Department of the city shall have the right-of-way over all other commercial and pleasure vehicles.