                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PURCHASE, MAINTENANCE, ETC., OF EQUIPMENT; DONATED EQUIPMENT (§ 27-15.2)

A. The governing body of every county, city, and town shall have power to
provide for the purchase, operation, staffing, and maintenance of suitable
equipment for firefighting or performing emergency medical services in or upon
the property of the county, city, or town and of its inhabitants, and to
prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the same will be used for fighting
fires or performing emergency medical services in or upon privately owned
property. All equipment purchased after October 1, 1970, shall be equipped with
threads of USA Standard B2.3, B2.4 of the American Standards Association.

B. Any fire department of a county, city, or town, or any fire company donating
equipment for fighting fires to any fire department or any fire company, which
equipment met existing engineering and safety standards at the time of its
purchase by the donating entity, shall be immune from civil liability unless the
donating entity acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct.

C. A safety inspection shall be completed by a certified emergency vehicle
service center and a report designating any deficiencies shall be provided prior
to the change in ownership of the donated emergency vehicle.

HISTORY: 1970, c. 187; 2001, c. 142; 2010, c. 545; 2015, cc. 502, 503.