The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
003
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FIRE MUTUAL AID SYSTEMS
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 2988)
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§ 2988. Powers and duties
A district fire mutual aid system shall coordinate the services of all fire departments
belonging to it so as to provide better and more efficient cooperation in the protection
of life and property against fire and in the case of other accidental or natural emergency
within the area that it comprises. It may establish an overall plan or plans for that
coordination. Within the limits of available funds, it may acquire and operate property
and equipment, including a dispatch center and a communications service, and may extend
the advantages of group purchasing and benefits to departments in the system. It may
provide and operate training programs for firefighters and others, or enter into agreements
with other agencies or institutions to provide and operate those programs. It shall
cooperate with other State agencies and with the civil defense authorities, State
and local. The State Fire Marshal may give advice, recommendations, and assistance
to the system on request. It may accept any and all donations, gifts, and grants of
money, property, equipment, supplies, materials, and services from the federal or
any State or local government, or any agency of federal, State, or local government
and from any person, firm, or corporation, for any of its purposes and functions under
this subchapter, and may receive and utilize the donations, gifts, and grants subject
to the terms, conditions and rules governing the donations, gifts, and grants. (Added 1967, No. 255 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. Feb. 20, 1968; amended 2021, No. 20, § 184.)