(A) Upon the permission of the Fire Chief, such fire equipment of the municipality as may be designated by the City Council as rural equipment may be used beyond the corporate limits to extinguish reported fires.
(B) The firefighters of the municipality shall be considered as acting in the performance and within the scope of their duties in fighting fire or saving property or life outside the corporate limits of the municipality when directed to do so by the Fire Chief or some person authorized to act for such Chief and in so doing, may take such fire equipment of the municipality as may be designated by the City Council.
(`77 Code, §§ 3-304, 3-305)