[Adopted 1-9-1961 by Res. No. 44]
This body ratifies and approves the mutual assistance
programs above noted; and authorizes and urges all qualified members of our
fire service and all candidates for membership therein to attend and
take part in drills, exercises, and training programs offered or conducted
in nearby communities; and also authorizes and urges such members
and candidates to take part in any training program sponsored by the
Commonwealth, even in places remote from this community, with full
assurance that the protection of the insurance contracts which this
body maintains for the benefit of its employees will be as fully available
to them while they are so employed beyond our boundaries as would
be the case if the activities mentioned were performed within the
limits of this Municipality.
[Adopted 2-12-2001 by Ord. No. 159]
The Borough of Chester Heights, by and through
its authority and its relationship with the Chester Heights Fire Company
(and other fire companies providing emergency fire and rescue service
in the Borough through mutual aid agreements or otherwise), hereby
authorizes such fire companies to recover the reasonable cost of materials
and supplies expended and/or consumed as well as the use of, or damage
to, equipment or apparatus used in responding to fire or rescue calls.
This authority shall extend to responses to
calls involving motor vehicle accidents, motor vehicle fires, environmental
incidents, incidents involving the presence of hazardous materials
(HAZMATS), and/or any fire deliberately ignited and negligently allowed
to become out of control.
In addition to the aforesaid reasonable costs,
the fire companies shall be authorized to collect reasonable interest
and reasonable administrative expenses in the collection of the reimbursement,
as well as any other fee authorized by any statute, case law or common
law.