131.10 EMERGENCY CALLS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS.

   (a)   Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 9.60 and 737.041, as amended, Council hereby authorizes the Mayor, the Chiefs of the Police and Fire Departments, and the officers on duty in charge of the Police and Fire Departments, to render the services of those Departments to other municipalities, townships, counties, or the State in times of emergency, whether or not the City of Highland Heights 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 Mayor, the Chiefs of the Police and Fire Departments, or the officers on duty in charge of the Police and Fire Departments, 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 Departments 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. 54-1994. Passed 12-13-94.)