For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DEPARTMENT. The City of Fergus Falls Fire Department.
DEPLOYMENT. The dispatch of the Department firefighting personnel or equipment from the city fire station(s).
FALSE ALARM. A request for fire and emergency services, when a fire, medical situation or motor vehicle accident does not exist. The malfunction of an electronic alarm is not a FALSE ALARM.
FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. Any deployment of the Department firefighting personnel and/or equipment to extinguish a fire or perform any preventative measure in an effort to protect equipment, life or property in an area threatened by fire, or to provide fire suppression, rescue, extrication, medical and any other services related to fire and rescue as may occasionally occur.
FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACT. A contract between the city and a township, which provides for the provision of fire and emergency services, including payment by the township.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Any self-propelled vehicle designed and originally manufactured to operate primarily upon public roads and highways, and not operated exclusively upon railroad tracks, including semi-trailers, but not including snowmobiles, manufactured homes, all terrain vehicles or park trailers.
MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT. An agreement between the city and a town or other city for the city’s Fire Department to provide assistance to the Fire Department of a town or other city.
SERVICE CHARGE. The charge imposed by the city for receiving fire and emergency services.
(2002 Code, § 2.83) (Ord. 63, Seventh Series, effective 10-28-2017)