Missouri Laws 321.622 – Responding to fires or emergencies beyond corporate boundaries, exception — ..
1. Fire protection districts, when asked to respond to fires or other emergencies beyond its corporate boundaries may charge for those services rendered.
2. When formal mutual aid agreements are in place with adjoining areas and departments, this provision is not applicable except by formal agreement and contract with the adjoining department.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 321.622
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- fire protection district: is a political subdivision which is organized and empowered to supply protection by any available means to persons and property against injuries and damage from fire and from hazards which do or may cause fire, and which is also empowered to render first aid for the purpose of saving lives, and to give assistance in the event of an accident or emergency of any kind. See Missouri Laws 321.010
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. In responding to fires or other emergencies outside the corporate boundaries of a fire protection district, the fire protection district responding and its firefighters shall be subject to the same liabilities for claims for death or injury to persons or property as those subjected to when responding to fires or emergencies within their respective fire protection district.
4. In responding to fires or emergencies outside the corporate boundaries of the fire protection district, the fire protection district responding may charge up to the following fees:
(1) One hundred dollars for responding to each fire call or alarm;
(2) Five hundred dollars for each hour or a proportional sum for each quarter hour spent in combating a fire or emergency.
5. No property owner shall be liable for fees or charges under this section if the property owner has previously entered into an agreement with the fire protection district in writing, prior to the occurrence of the fire or emergency.