A. Required Equipment: The fire department shall be equipped with such apparatus and other equipment as may be required from time to time to maintain its efficiency and properly protect life and property from fire.
B. Use Of Equipment:
1. No person shall use any fire apparatus or equipment for any private purpose, nor shall any person wilfully and without proper authority take away or conceal any article used in any way by the fire department.
2. No person shall enter any place where fire apparatus is housed or handle any apparatus or equipment belonging to or under the control of the fire department unless accompanied by, or having special permission from, an officer or authorized member of the department.
C. Mutual Aid:
1. The city council may, if it so determines, enter into agreements or contracts with nearby incorporated communities or governing bodies of other organizations to provide the members of such communities or organizations with fire protection or to establish a mutual aid system.
2. Without the prior consent of the council, no fire equipment or apparatus shall be hired out or permitted to leave the city limits except in response to a call for aid at a fire or an emergency in a neighboring community. The officer in charge of the department shall have power to assign equipment for response to calls for outside aid in accordance with subsection C1 of this section and in those cases only when the absence of such equipment will not jeopardize protection within the corporate limits of the city. (1981 Code 101 § 11)