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The county, city, or town may elect to provide for the matters authorized in §§ 27-4 and 27-39.\n\t\t\tAs used in this section, “provide firefighting services” includes travel while performing fire, rescue, or other emergency operations in emergency vehicles or fire apparatus as described in §§ 46.2-920 and 46.2-1023, respectively.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":310795,"text":"Any county, city, or town may provide firefighting services to its citizens by (i) establishing a fire department as a department of government pursuant to § 27-6.1 or (ii) contracting with or providing for the provision of firefighting services by a fire company established pursuant to § 27-8.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":310796,"text":"In cases in which a county, city, or town elects to contract with or provide for the provision of firefighting services by a fire company pursuant to clause (ii) of subsection A, the fire company shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the county, city, or town and, as such, exempt from suit for damages done incident to fighting fires therein. 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This law was first created in 2015. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 502<\/a> and 503<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78953,"section_number":"27-4","catch_line":"Contract of county, city, or town to furnish fire protection","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-4\/"},{"id":63782,"section_number":"8.01-225.3","catch_line":"Immunity for volunteer first responders en route to an emergency","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-225.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59365,"section_number":"27-39","catch_line":"Counties, cities and towns authorized to provide relief","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-39\/"},{"id":78953,"section_number":"27-4","catch_line":"Contract of county, city, or town to furnish fire protection","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-4\/"},{"id":70855,"section_number":"27-6.1","catch_line":"Establishment of fire department; chief, officers, and employees","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-6.1\/"},{"id":78077,"section_number":"46.2-1023","catch_line":"Flashing red or red and white warning lights","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1023\/"},{"id":56835,"section_number":"46.2-920","catch_line":"Certain vehicles exempt from regulations in certain situations; exceptions and additional requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-920\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190149,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86797,"identifier":"27-6.02","token":"27\/2\/1\/27-6.02","url":"\/27-6.02\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-6.02\/","token":"27\/2\/1\/27-6.02","dublin_core":{"Title":"Provision of firefighting services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-6.02","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any county, city, or town may provide firefighting services<\/span> to its citizens by (i) establishing a fire department<\/span> as a department of government pursuant to § 27-6.1<\/a> or (ii) contracting with or providing for the provision of firefighting services by a fire company<\/span> established pursuant to § 27-8<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In cases in which a county, city, or town elects to contract<\/span> with or provide for the provision of firefighting services by a fire company<\/span> pursuant to clause (ii) of subsection A, the fire company<\/span> shall be deemed to be an instrumentality of the county, city, or town and, as such, exempt from suit for damages<\/span> done incident to fighting fires therein. The county, city, or town may elect to provide for the matters authorized in §§ 27-4<\/a> and 27-39<\/a>.\n\t\t\tAs used in this section, “provide firefighting services<\/span>” includes travel while performing fire, rescue, or other emergency operations in emergency vehicles or fire apparatus as described in §§ 46.2-920<\/a> and 46.2-1023<\/a>, respectively. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROVISION OF FIREFIGHTING SERVICES (\u00a7 27-6.02)\n\nA. Any county, city, or town may provide firefighting services to its citizens\nby (i) establishing a fire department as a department of government pursuant to\n§ 27-6.1 or (ii) contracting with or providing for the provision of\nfirefighting services by a fire company established pursuant to § 27-8.\n\nB. In cases in which a county, city, or town elects to contract with or provide\nfor the provision of firefighting services by a fire company pursuant to clause\n(ii) of subsection A, the fire company shall be deemed to be an instrumentality\nof the county, city, or town and, as such, exempt from suit for damages done\nincident to fighting fires therein. The county, city, or town may elect to\nprovide for the matters authorized in §§ 27-4 and 27-39.\n\t\t\tAs used in this section, “provide firefighting services” includes\ntravel while performing fire, rescue, or other emergency operations in emergency\nvehicles or fire apparatus as described in §§ 46.2-920 and 46.2-1023,\nrespectively.\n\nHISTORY: 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}}