§ 209. Outside service by local fire departments, companies, ambulance\ndistricts and airport crash-fire-rescue units. 1. The fire department of\nany city, village or fire district, the fire companies serving territory\noutside of villages and fire districts in any town and the fire\ndepartments of any town which has a town fire department, an ambulance\ndistrict and a county or public authority which operates an airport\ncrash-fire-rescue unit, may answer calls for assistance outside the area\nregularly served and protected by such fire department or fire\ncompanies, ambulance district or crash-fire-rescue unit and may engage\nand participate in fire training programs in territory outside the area\nregularly served and protected by such fire department, fire companies,\nambulance districts or crash-fire-rescue unit. While in the performance\nof their duties under this subdivision, the members of such departments,\ncompanies, districts or crash-fire-rescue units shall have the same\nimmunities and privileges as if such duties were performed within the\narea regularly served and protected by such departments, companies,\ndistricts or crash-fire-rescue units. While responding to a call for\nassistance under this subdivision a city, village, fire district,\nambulance district, town or county or public authority operating an\nairport crash-fire-rescue unit shall be liable for the negligence of\nfirefighters of the city fire department, village fire department, fire\ndistrict fire department, town fire department, ambulance district or\ncrash-fire-rescue unit, respectively, occurring in the performance of\ntheir duties in the same manner and to the same extent as if such\nnegligence occurred in the performance of their duties within the area\nregularly served and protected by such departments, districts or units.\nThe legislative body of any county, city or village, the board of fire\ncommissioners or other governing board of any fire district, ambulance\ndistrict or public authority or the town board of any town in relation\nto the fire companies serving territory outside of villages and fire\ndistricts or in relation to a town fire department, or ambulance\ndistrict, as the case may be, by resolution may restrict such outside\nservice and training to such extent as it shall deem advisable. Any such\nresolution shall continue in effect until amended or repealed by the\nadoption of a subsequent resolution. The officer in charge of any fire\ndepartment or fire company or ambulance district shall be notified\npromptly of the adoption of any such resolution and of any amendment or\nrepeal thereof. In a county, city, or in a village or town, such action\nmay be taken by local law or by ordinance instead of by resolution. As\nused in this section, the terms "fire department", "fire companies",\n"ambulance service" and "crash-fire-rescue unit" shall include all\ncompanies, squads, patrols or other units of such departments, companies\nor units, or volunteer ambulance services organized pursuant to section\none hundred twenty-two-b of this chapter, and the term "assistance"\nincludes the services of firefighting forces, fire police squads,\nambulance services, emergency rescue and first aid squads rendered in\ncase of a fire or other emergency, including stand-by service, to aid\n(1) a fire department or fire company, and (2) owners or occupants of\nproperty, and other persons, whether or not such owners, occupants or\npersons are receiving fire or other emergency service from another fire\ndepartment or fire company or ambulance service. Except as otherwise\nprovided by law in the case of natural disaster emergencies, a call to\nfurnish assistance may be made by any person aware of the peril involved\nand the need for assistance or pursuant to any legally authorized or\nrecognized plan for the furnishing of mutual aid in cases of fire or\nother emergency. The call need not originate in the municipal\ncorporation, district or area liable
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