(A) The Council may enter into agreements or contracts to furnish fire protection outside the town or enter into mutual aid agreements, and the Fire Department is authorized to render firefighting service pursuant to the terms of the agreements or contracts.
(B) Whenever the Fire Chief, or in his or her absence his or her authorized representative, shall deem it necessary to protect lives or property, the Fire Department is authorized to answer fire alarms and fight fires outside the corporate limits of the town.
(C) (1) No apparatus shall be hired out or permitted to leave the fire station, except in response to a call for aid at a fire in a neighboring community, without the consent of the Chief or in his or her absence the Assistant Chief.
(2) The officer in charge of the Department shall have power to assign equipment for response to calls for outside aid in accordance with division (A) of this section, and in other cases only when the absence of that equipment will not jeopardize protection in the town.
(1991 Code, § 4-2-7) (Ord. 21, passed 10-21-1957)