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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1966, chapter 134; in 1977, chapter 326; in 1995, chapter 461<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 502<\/a> and 503<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":189969,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86806,"identifier":"27-1","token":"27\/1\/27-1","url":"\/27-1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-1\/","token":"27\/1\/27-1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Firefighters and equipment may in emergencies go or be sent beyond territorial limits","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Whenever the necessity arises during any actual or potential emergency resulting from fire, personal injury, or other public disaster, the firefighters of any county, city, or town may, together with all necessary equipment, lawfully go or be sent beyond the territorial limits of such county, city, or town to any point within or without the Commonwealth, to assist in meeting such emergency.\n\t\tIn such event, the acts performed for such purpose by such firefighters and the expenditures made for such purpose by such county, city, or town shall be deemed conclusively to be for a public and governmental purpose and all of the immunities from liability enjoyed by a county, city, or town when acting through its firefighters for a public or governmental purpose within its territorial limits shall be enjoyed by it to the same extent when such county, city, or town is so acting, under this section or under other lawful authority, beyond its territorial limits.\n\t\tThe firefighters of any county, city, or town, when acting hereunder, or under other lawful authority, beyond the territorial limits of such county, city, or town, shall have all the immunities from liability and exemptions from laws<\/span>, ordinances<\/span>, and regulations, and shall have all of the pension, relief, disability, workers’ compensation, and other benefits, enjoyed by them while performing their respective duties.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFIREFIGHTERS AND EQUIPMENT MAY IN EMERGENCIES GO OR BE SENT BEYOND TERRITORIAL\nLIMITS (\u00a7 27-1)\n\nWhenever the necessity arises during any actual or potential emergency resulting\nfrom fire, personal injury, or other public disaster, the firefighters of any\ncounty, city, or town may, together with all necessary equipment, lawfully go or\nbe sent beyond the territorial limits of such county, city, or town to any point\nwithin or without the Commonwealth, to assist in meeting such emergency.\n\t\tIn such event, the acts performed for such purpose by such firefighters and\nthe expenditures made for such purpose by such county, city, or town shall be\ndeemed conclusively to be for a public and governmental purpose and all of the\nimmunities from liability enjoyed by a county, city, or town when acting through\nits firefighters for a public or governmental purpose within its territorial\nlimits shall be enjoyed by it to the same extent when such county, city, or town\nis so acting, under this section or under other lawful authority, beyond its\nterritorial limits.\n\t\tThe firefighters of any county, city, or town, when acting hereunder, or under\nother lawful authority, beyond the territorial limits of such county, city, or\ntown, shall have all the immunities from liability and exemptions from laws,\nordinances, and regulations, and shall have all of the pension, relief,\ndisability, workers’ compensation, and other benefits, enjoyed by them\nwhile performing their respective duties.\n\nHISTORY: 1942, p. 376; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 3032c; 1966, c. 134; 1977, c. 326;\n1995, c. 461; 2015, cc. 502, 503.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}