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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 28E.41 EMERGENCY SERVICES –
1 2 CONTRACTS FOR MUTUAL AID.
1 3 1. A city fire department, benefited fire district, or
1 4 township fire department may enter into contracts providing
1 5 for mutual aid regarding emergency services provided by such
1 6 department or district. The contracts that are agreed upon
1 7 may provide for compensation from the parties and other terms
1 8 that are agreeable to the parties and may be for an indefinite
1 9 period as long as they include a sixty-day cancellation notice
1 10 by any party. The contracts agreed upon shall not be entered
1 11 into for the purpose of reducing the number of employees of
1 12 any party.
1 13 2. A city fire department, benefited fire district, or
1 14 township fire department may provide assistance to any other
1 15 such department or district in the state at the time of a
1 16 significant emergency such as a fire, earthquake, flood,
1 17 tornado, hazardous material incident, or other such disaster.
1 18 The chief or highest ranking fire officer of an assisting
1 19 department or district may render aid to a requesting
1 20 department or district as long as the chief or officer is
1 21 acting in accordance with the policies and procedures set
1 22 forth by the governing board of the assisting department or
1 23 district.
1 24 3. The chief or highest ranking officer of the city fire
1 25 department, benefited fire district, or township fire
1 26 department of the district within which the incident occurs
1 27 shall maintain control of the incident in accordance with the
1 28 provisions of chapter 102. The chief or highest ranking
1 29 officer of the department or district giving mutual aid shall
1 30 be in charge of the assisting departmental or district
1 31 personnel.
1 32 Sec. 2. Section 613.17, Code 1995, is amended to read as
1 33 follows:
1 34 613.17 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IN AN ACCIDENT.
1 35 A person, who in good faith renders emergency care or
2 1 assistance without compensation, shall not be liable for any
2 2 civil damages for acts or omissions occurring at the place of
2 3 an emergency or accident or while the person is in transit to
2 4 or from the emergency or accident or while the person is at or
2 5 being moved to or from an emergency shelter unless such acts
2 6 or omissions constitute recklessness. For purposes of this
2 7 section, if a volunteer fire fighter, a volunteer operator or
2 8 attendant of an ambulance or rescue squad service, a volunteer
2 9 paramedic, a volunteer emergency medical technician, or a
2 10 volunteer registered member of the national ski patrol system
2 11 receives nominal compensation not based upon the value of the
2 12 services performed, that person shall be considered to be
2 13 receiving no compensation. The operation of a motor vehicle
2 14 in compliance with section 321.231 by a volunteer fire
2 15 fighter, volunteer operator, or attendant of an ambulance or
2 16 rescue squad service, a volunteer paramedic, or volunteer
2 17 emergency medical technician shall be considered rendering
2 18 emergency care or assistance for purposes of this section.
2 19 For purposes of this section, a person rendering emergency
2 20 care or assistance includes a person involved in a workplace
2 21 rescue arising out of an emergency or accident.
2 22 EXPLANATION
2 23 This bill provides that any city fire department, benefited
2 24 fire district, or township fire department may enter into
2 25 mutual aid agreements concerning emergency services provided
2 26 by that department or district. The bill provides that in
2 27 rendering assistance for a disaster pursuant to a mutual aid
2 28 agreement, the chief of the fire department or district where
2 29 the incident occurred shall maintain control of the incident
2 30 as provided in chapter 102, and the chief of the assisting
2 31 department or district shall only be responsible for the
2 32 assisting department's or district's personnel.
2 33 The bill also provides that the immunity from civil
2 34 liability that applies to persons who render emergency care
2 35 without compensation also applies to persons involved in a
3 1 workplace rescue arising out of an emergency or accident.
3 2 LSB 3649HH 76
3 3 ec/sc/14
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