                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROVISION OF FIREFIGHTING SERVICES (§ 27-6.02)

A. 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
&#xA7; 27-6.1 or (ii) contracting with or providing for the provision of
firefighting services by a fire company established pursuant to &#xA7; 27-8.

B. 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. The county, city, or town may elect to
provide for the matters authorized in &#xA7;&#xA7; 27-4 and 27-39.
			As used in this section, &#8220;provide firefighting services&#8221; includes
travel while performing fire, rescue, or other emergency operations in emergency
vehicles or fire apparatus as described in &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.2-920 and 46.2-1023,
respectively.

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 502, 503.