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Section 7-401 – Provision of Fire, Ambulance, and Rescue Services by For-Profit Entities

    (a)    This section does not apply to nonemergency transportation or ambulance billing services performed by an ambulance service or by any other provider.     (b)    A county or municipal corporation that bargains collectively with fire, emergency medical services, paramedic, and rescue personnel may not contract with a for-profit entity to provide the county’s or municipal corporation’s complete fire […]

Section 7-402 – Interference, Obstruction, or False Representation Prohibited; Penalty

    (a)    A person may not willfully interfere with or obstruct a firefighter, a rescue squad member, or emergency services personnel while the firefighter, rescue squad member, or emergency services personnel:         (1)    is fighting a fire, performing emergency services, or proceeding to a fire or other emergency; or         (2)    is dispatched on a call for emergency services.     (b)    A person […]

Section 7-403 – Limited Access to Private Water Sources

    If no public water source is available to a fire company to supply water to extinguish a fire or mitigate an emergency incident, a fire company may enter private property to obtain water from a private water source, such as a privately owned pond, lake, river, stream, canal, cistern, or swimming pool, to extinguish the […]