(a) Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 9.60 and 737.041, Council hereby authorizes the Director of Public Safety, the Chiefs of Police and Fire Divisions and the officers on duty in charge of the Police and Fire Divisions to render the services of those Divisions to other municipalities, townships, counties or the State in times of emergency, whether or not the City has entered into mutual aid contracts for police or fire services with any of those political subdivisions or the State. The determination of "times of emergency" shall be made only by the Director of Public Safety, the Chiefs of the Police and Fire Divisions or the officers on duty in charge of the Police and Fire Divisions, upon a call for emergency police or fire protection services by the State or another political subdivision of this State.
(b) The personnel of the Police and Fire Divisions rendering emergency services to other political subdivisions shall, as provided by State law, be entitled to all of their usual wages and benefits, shall be covered by Workers' Compensation and shall be immune from any liability arising from the reasonable, good faith rendering of emergency police and fire protection services.
(Ord. 1983-105. Passed 5-24-83.)