35-520 – Rural fire protection district; false alarm; false report; violation; penalty.
35-520. Rural fire protection district; false alarm; false report; violation; penalty. Whoever willfully or maliciously shall raise a false alarm or false report of a fire in any rural fire protection district or any rural area within the State of Nebraska shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. Source Laws 1963, c. 193, § […]
35-502 – District; organization; conversion from rural to suburban fire protection district; conditions.
35-502. District; organization; conversion from rural to suburban fire protection district; conditions. (1) In order to provide for the protection of lives and property in rural and suburban areas against loss or damage by fire, more than fifty percent of the registered voters residing in the following are hereby authorized and empowered to initiate the […]
35-105 – Equipment; exemption from execution and sale.
35-105. Equipment; exemption from execution and sale. All fire engines, hose, hose carriages, ladders, buckets, and all vehicles, machinery, and appliances of every kind used or kept by incorporated cities, villages, or fire companies for the purpose of extinguishing fires are hereby exempt from execution and sale to satisfy any debt, judgment, or decree arising […]
35-106 – Fire insurance companies; occupation tax; levy; collection.
35-106. Fire insurance companies; occupation tax; levy; collection. The municipal authorities of any city of the first or second class or village, shall have authority, by ordinance, to impose an occupation tax of not more than five dollars per annum on each fire insurance corporation, company or association, doing business in such city or village, […]
35-107 – Volunteer department; emergency first aid; members; immunity from liability; when.
35-107. Volunteer department; emergency first aid; members; immunity from liability; when. No member of a volunteer fire department or of a volunteer first-aid, rescue, or emergency squad which provides emergency public first-aid and rescue services shall be liable in any civil action to respond in damages as a result of his acts of commission or […]
35-108 – Volunteer fire and rescue personnel; group life insurance; municipality or district; purchase; maintain; coverage termination.
35-108. Volunteer fire and rescue personnel; group life insurance; municipality or district; purchase; maintain; coverage termination. The governing body of any incorporated municipality having a volunteer fire department or the board of directors of each rural or suburban fire protection district shall purchase and maintain in force a policy of group term life insurance to […]
35-109 – Sirens; restriction on use.
35-109. Sirens; restriction on use. No siren or other similar device whose primary purpose is to warn the public of a natural or manmade emergency or disaster shall be used to notify volunteer firefighters of a fire or to summon volunteer firefighters to a fire. This section applies only to cities of the first class […]
35-201 – Compact authorized.
35-201. Compact authorized. The Governor of Nebraska may execute a compact on behalf of the state with any one or more states who may, by their legislative bodies, authorize a compact, in form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I The purpose of this compact is to promote effective prevention and control of forest fires in the […]
35-202 – Volunteer firefighter; file certificate of insurance.
35-202. Volunteer firefighter; file certificate of insurance. No Nebraska volunteer firefighter shall be dispatched on behalf of this state pursuant to the compact set forth in section 35-201 outside the boundaries of Nebraska unless such volunteer firefighter files with the Nebraska compact administrator a valid certificate of insurance covering him or her for workers’ compensation […]
35-302 – Paid fire departments; firefighters; hours of duty; alternating day schedule; agreement; restrictions.
35-302. Paid fire departments; firefighters; hours of duty; alternating day schedule; agreement; restrictions. Firefighters employed in the fire departments of cities having paid fire departments shall not be required to remain on duty for periods of time which will aggregate in each month more than an average of sixty hours per week. Each single-duty shift […]