Every officer, agent or employee of the city, while responding to emergency situations, is hereby authorized to act in such a manner as to most effectively deal with the emergency. This provision 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 shall be liable for failure to use ordinary care in such emergency.
(`88 Code, Ch. 8, § 9.00) (Ord. 260, passed 1-10-89)
Statutory reference:
Immunity of certain governmental functions, see Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code § 101.055
Immunity of volunteer firefighters, see Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code § 78.001
Editor's note:
This section was enacted as a result of the Texas Supreme Court's decision in Ron Black v. Nueces County Rural Fire Prevention District No. 2 to establish immunity from liability because of the doctrine of sovereign immunity.