28E.31 - EMERGENCY SERVICES -- CONTRACTS FOR MUTUAL AID.
28E.31 EMERGENCY SERVICES -- CONTRACTS FOR MUTUAL
AID.
1. A municipality's fire department that agrees to provide for
mutual aid regarding emergency services shall do so in writing. The
contracts that are agreed upon may provide for compensation from the
parties and other terms that are agreeable to the parties and may be
for an indefinite period as long as they include a sixty-day
cancellation notice by any party. The contracts agreed upon shall
not be entered into for the purpose of reducing the number of
employees of any party.
2. A municipal fire department may provide assistance to any
other such department or district in the state at the time of a
significant emergency such as a fire, earthquake, flood, tornado,
hazardous material incident, or other such disaster. The chief or
highest ranking fire officer of an assisting department or district
may render aid to a requesting department or district as long as the
chief or officer is acting in accordance with the policies and
procedures set forth by the governing board of the assisting
department or district.
3. The chief or highest ranking officer of the municipal fire
department of the district within which the incident occurs shall
maintain control of the incident in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 102. The chief or highest ranking officer of the department
or district giving mutual aid shall be in charge of the assisting
departmental or district personnel.
4. For purposes of this section, "municipality" means a city,
county, township, benefited fire district, or agency formed under
this chapter and authorized by law to provide emergency services. Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1219, §62; 2000 Acts, ch 1117, §1