221ORDINANCE N0. 221
OUTSIDE FIRE SERVICE ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SENDING AND USE OF FIRE APPARATUS OUTSIIIE THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS AUTHORIZItaG THE ,MAYOR,
CITY CLERK AND FIRE CHIEF, TO ENTER INTO MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER
MUNICIPALITIESs AND FOR OTHER PURPOSESs
WHEREAS, there is a great loss and destruction by fire of prop-
erty located outside of the corporate limits of the City of West Memphis aid
WHEREAS, many of these fires endanger property located within the
corporate limits of the City of West Memphis, and
WHEREAS, there will be mutual benefit and protection for the city
and its neighboring cities by entering into mutual aid agreements, and
11f~F~AS, the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas has authorized
sending fire equipment outside the corporate limits by Act No. 270 of 1951,
and has authorized mutual aid agreements by Act No. 23 of 19l~9.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SST BdEMPHI5, ARKANSAS s
SECTIOA~I. No fire department apparatus shall be taken beyond the
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corporate limits of the City of West ~demphis, Arkansas, to assist at any fire
or for any other purpose, except by order of the Mayor or Fire Chief, and
subject to the restrictions and conditions hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2. The Mayor or Fire Chief are authorized, in their dis-
cretion, to aid in the extinguishing of fires in another city or toRn, pub-
lic institutions, corporations, or other property within a reasonable dis-
tance from the city, or on property im~-ediately adjacent to the city in which
there is a possibility of fire spreading within the corporate ]imits~ under
the following conditions
(a) A request from a city or incorporated town for assistance
must come only from the Mayor, Fire Chief or such other person as may be
designated by mutual agreement.
(b) Calls may be responded to only by such apparatus which in the
jud~ent of the mayor or fire chief can be safely sent without unduly impairing
the fire protection within the city, and when highways and weather conditions
are favorable, provided however the fire department shall not respond to any
~,,,,~. request for such service unless the person so requesting said service shall
have procured insurance and have on file with the fire department of said
city a „Fire Department Service Clause Endorsement Form Arkansas 96n.
(c) The City, incorporated town, public institutions, corpora-
tions or individuals requesting assistance must pay the charge for appara-
tus and service hereinafter provided unless there exists a mutual aid agree-
merit.
(d) The City, incorporated town, public institutions, corporation
or individual must compensate the City of West ~6emphis, Arkansas for any
loss or damage to such apparatus while answering such call, and be respon-
sible to the members of the fire department of the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas, for any injuries suffered or incurred by them while responding
to such call and while working at such fire.
SECTION 3. Unless there exists a mutual aid agreement, every
municipality, institution, corporation or individual requesting and receiv-
ing such service of the fire department of the City of West ~[emphis, Arkansas,
shall pay for such services and the use of apparatus as follows
(a) For each Fire apparatus the aum of $150.00.
SECTION 4. That the Mayor, City Clerk and Chief of the Fire De-
partu-ent are hereby authorized to enter into mutual aid agreements with
other municipalities, firms, corporations or individuals for the rendering
of fire service, subject to the following conditions
(1) That the parties with whom such mutual aid agreements :.are
entered into shall agree to indemnify the City of West Memphis against ax~y
and all loss, cost and damage which it may suffer or sustain by reason of
damage to any apparatus arising from any cause whatsoever while such appara-
tus is going to or from the scene of the fire or while at the scene of th®
fire. The duty to indemnify shall be performed within fifteen (15) days
after demand.
(2) As to each fire driver injured while driving to or from the
fire or while at the scene of the fire, and. as to each fireman helping at
the fire, injured between the time he reports to the foreman of his com-
parry and the time his service ends, the party entering into such mutual
aid agreement shall pay within fifteen (15) days after demand to the City
of West Memphis a sum sufficient to pay the medical and hospital expenses
of such injured driver or fireman.
SECTION 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 3rd DAY OF June ,
1952.
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