All fire departments and fire companies in the town are authorized
and permitted, with the consent of the Town Board, to contract with
a city, village, town, fire district or territory outside of a city,
village or fire district, to go to the aid of the city, village, town,
fire district or territory in extinguishing a fire or fires therein;
however, the call for such aid, in the case of a city, town, village
or fire district, shall be made by an officer thereof, and in the
case of territory outside a city, village or fire district, by an
officer of a fire company in the territory, or, if there is no fire
company, then by any citizen thereof in need of aid to extinguish
a fire.
Such a contract may be made only upon the express condition
that the city, town, village, fire district or territory shall assume
any and all liability under §§ 205, 205-a and 209 of
the General Municipal Law, and absolve, indemnify and save the town
harmless from any and all such liability.