Fire protection outside the fire special service district.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 252-109
in effectSec. 252-109. - Fire protection outside the fire special service district.
The Indianapolis Fire Department may provide fire protection or services outside the boundaries of the fire special service district, only under the following circumstances and upon the following conditions:
(1) The chief or the mayor may enter into any contract or mutual agreement or understanding with the ranking fire officer of any existing municipal or volunteer fire department or with the chief executive officer of any unit of government that maintains or finances an established fire department, wherein the agreement provides for the mutual assistance between the department and the other fire department such that the ranking officers of the respective fire departments may request, when necessary, the assistance without charge to the assisted department. The department is authorized to render such assistance as is requested by the ranking officer on duty with the respective department so long as the rendering of such assistance shall not endanger the citizens of the fire special service district or threaten the ability of the department to render services within the fire special service district.
(2) The department, upon approval of the mayor, may enter into a contract with any person, municipality, or other governmental unit that is situated at a place not within the fire special service district but within the county and that is desirous of contracting with the city for regular fire protection involving the use and services of the Indianapolis fire department. The details of such contract shall be specified by the department, but each contract must provide that the city furnish on a calendar-year basis so much firefighting service and apparatus as may be reasonably necessary on the request of the contracting person, municipality or other governmental unit when a fire exists at the premises of such person or within the boundaries of the municipality or governmental unit, but that obligation to render such services shall not exist at any time that the same would endanger or threaten the services of the Indianapolis fire department to the citizens of the fire special service district. The contract shall also provide for a negotiated rate or fees payable as required by the department for the rendering of such services and may provide for additional charges based on the actual services and apparatus used in the performance of such agreement.
(3) Upon consolidation of a township fire department into the Indianapolis fire department pursuant to IC 36-3-1-6.1, the department shall provide fire protection or services in the territory where such services were formerly provided by the township fire department.
(G.O. 43, 2002, § 3; G.O. 71, 2006, § 21; G.O. 104, 2009, § 1; G.O. 13, 2016, § 28; G.O. 33, 2021, § 1)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIORAD_CH252INFIDE_ARTIINGE_S252-109FIPROUFISPSEDIFetched: 10/27/2026