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1 1 Amend Senate File 2470, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 30, by inserting after line 18 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 28E.41 EMERGENCY
1 6 SERVICES – CONTRACTS FOR MUTUAL AID.
1 7 1. A city fire department, benefited fire
1 8 district, or township fire department may enter into
1 9 contracts providing for mutual aid regarding emergency
1 10 services provided by such department or district. The
1 11 contracts that are agreed upon may provide for
1 12 compensation from the parties and other terms that are
1 13 agreeable to the parties and may be for an indefinite
1 14 period as long as they include a sixty-day
1 15 cancellation notice by any party. The contracts
1 16 agreed upon shall not be entered into for the purpose
1 17 of reducing the number of employees of any party.
1 18 2. A city fire department, benefited fire
1 19 district, or township fire department may provide
1 20 assistance to any other such department or district in
1 21 the state at the time of a significant emergency such
1 22 as a fire, earthquake, flood, tornado, hazardous
1 23 material incident, or other such disaster. The chief
1 24 or highest ranking fire officer of an assisting
1 25 department or district may render aid to a requesting
1 26 department or district as long as the chief or officer
1 27 is acting in accordance with the policies and
1 28 procedures set forth by the governing board of the
1 29 assisting department or district.
1 30 3. The chief or highest ranking officer of the
1 31 city fire department, benefited fire district, or
1 32 township fire department of the district within which
1 33 the incident occurs shall maintain control of the
1 34 incident in accordance with the provisions of chapter
1 35 102. The chief or highest ranking officer of the
1 36 department or district giving mutual aid shall be in
1 37 charge of the assisting departmental or district
1 38 personnel."
1 39 #2. Page 35, by inserting after line 32 the
1 40 following:
1 41 "Sec. . Section 613.17, Code 1995, is amended
1 42 to read as follows:
1 43 613.17 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IN AN ACCIDENT.
1 44 A person, who in good faith renders emergency care
1 45 or assistance without compensation, shall not be
1 46 liable for any civil damages for acts or omissions
1 47 occurring at the place of an emergency or accident or
1 48 while the person is in transit to or from the
1 49 emergency or accident or while the person is at or
1 50 being moved to or from an emergency shelter unless
2 1 such acts or omissions constitute recklessness. For
2 2 purposes of this section, if a volunteer fire fighter,
2 3 a volunteer operator or attendant of an ambulance or
2 4 rescue squad service, a volunteer paramedic, a
2 5 volunteer emergency medical technician, or a volunteer
2 6 registered member of the national ski patrol system
2 7 receives nominal compensation not based upon the value
2 8 of the services performed, that person shall be
2 9 considered to be receiving no compensation. The
2 10 operation of a motor vehicle in compliance with
2 11 section 321.231 by a volunteer fire fighter, volunteer
2 12 operator, or attendant of an ambulance or rescue squad
2 13 service, a volunteer paramedic, or volunteer emergency
2 14 medical technician shall be considered rendering
2 15 emergency care or assistance for purposes of this
2 16 section. For purposes of this section, a person
2 17 rendering emergency care or assistance includes a
2 18 person involved in a workplace rescue arising out of
2 19 an emergency or accident."
2 20 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
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2 23
2 24 WARNSTADT of Woodbury
2 25
2 26
2 27
2 28 WEIGEL of Chickasaw
2 29 SF 2470.312 76
2 30 mg/cf
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