§ 1-11.1 STANDARD OF CARE FOR EMERGENCY ACTION.

   Every officer, agent or employee of the city, including, but not limited to, every unit of government or subdivision thereof, while responding to emergency calls or reacting to emergency situations, regardless of whether any declaration of emergency has been declared or proclaimed by a unit of government or subdivision thereof, is hereby authorized to act or not to act in such a manner to effectively deal with the emergency. An action or inaction is “effective” if it in any way contributes or can reasonably be thought to contribute to preserving any lives or property. This section shall prevail over every other ordinance of the city and, to the extent to which the city has the authority to so authorize, over any other law establishing a standard of care in conflict with this section. Neither the city nor the employee, agent or officer thereof, or other unit of government or subdivision thereof or its employees, agents or officers, shall be liable for the failure to use ordinary care in such emergency.

(Ord. 9528, § 1, passed 12-12-1985)

Cross-reference:

   Emergency management, see Ch. 11.5

Editor’s note:

   Section 1 of Ord. 9528, adopted December 12, 1985, adding § 1-12 to the 1964 Code, has been included herein as § 1-11.1 at the editor’s discretion.