(A) Davie County may establish, organize, equip, support, and maintain a fire department; may prescribe the duties of the fire department; may provide financial assistance to incorporated fire departments; may contract for firefighting or prevention services with one or more counties, cities, or other units of local government or with an agency of the state government, or with one or more incorporated fire departments; and may for these purposes appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law. The county may also designate fire districts or parts of existing districts and prescribe the boundaries thereof for insurance grading purposes.
(B) Davie County may establish, organize, equip, support, and maintain a rescue agency; may prescribe the duties of the rescue department; may provide financial assistance to incorporated rescue agencies, and may, for these purposes, appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law.
(C) Davie County may make grants of financial assistance, upon an executed contract, to fire departments and rescue agencies in the county upon their compliance with the minimum requirements hereinafter contained.
(Ord. passed 5-3-2021; Ord. passed 2-5-2024)