[Adopted 5-11-2020 by Ord. No. 2108]
A.
Findings.
The City of Greensburg recognizes that the duties of the Greensburg
Volunteer Fire Department require the use of emergency rescue and
response materials, hazardous abatement materials and fire-suppression
tools, materials and equipment during its emergency responses. The
City of Greensburg also recognizes that the costs of damaged or expended
materials places an increasing financial burden on the Volunteer Fire
Department.
B.
Intent.
This article is intended to confirm and/or grant the Volunteer Fire
Department the authority to seek recovery of all reasonable costs
of responding to such emergency incidents, as allowed by applicable
law.
The Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department is authorized to recover
costs from property owners and/or insurance carriers for the usual,
reasonable, and customary costs of abatement, construction, stabilization
and any other materials used, consumed and /or expended in response
to any fire, safety, rescue, hazardous waste or emergency incident.
Nothing in this article shall authorize the Volunteer Fire Department
or Department personnel to refuse or delay any rescue service to any
person, firm, organization or corporation, due to the lack of insurance
coverage or inability or refusal to pay for said rescue services.
If any part of this article is declared to be unconstitutional,
illegal or invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall
be unaffected thereby. It is the intention of the Council of the City
of Greensburg that this article would have been adopted had such unconstitutional,
illegal or invalid part not been included.
All ordinances inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed.
