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(65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 6 heading)DIVISION 6. FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND PROTECTION

(65 ILCS 5/11‑6‑1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑6‑1)
Sec. 11‑6‑1.

The corporate authorities of each municipality may provide and operate fire stations, and all material and equipment that is needed for the prevention and extinguishment of fires, and may enter into contracts or agreements with other municipalities and fire protection districts for mutual aid consisting of furnishing equipment and man power from and to such other municipalities and fire protection districts.

(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

(65 ILCS 5/11‑6‑1.1)
Sec. 11‑6‑1.1. Firefighting services outside corporate limits.

A municipality may choose to provide firefighting services to property outside its corporate limits. The corporate authorities of each municipality may fix, charge, and collect firefighting service fees not exceeding the actual cost of the service for all firefighting services rendered by the municipality against persons, businesses, and other entities that are not residents of the municipality. An additional charge may be levied to reimburse the municipality for extraordinary expenses of materials used in rendering the services. Nothing in this Section shall impact any agreement entered into by a municipality and persons, businesses, and other entities that are not residents of the municipality. Nothing in this Section shall require a municipality to supply any firefighting services to property located outside the corporate limits of the municipality.

(Source: P.A. 93‑304, eff. 7‑23‑03.)

(65 ILCS 5/11‑6‑2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑6‑2)
Sec. 11‑6‑2.

The corporate authorities of each municipality may contract with fire protection districts organized under "An Act to create Fire Protection Districts," approved July 8, 1927, as now or hereafter amended, which are adjacent to the municipality, for the furnishing of fire protection service for property located within the districts but outside the limits of the municipality, and may supply fire protection service to the owners of property which lies outside the limits of the municipality and may set up by ordinance a scale of charges therefor. The corporate authorities of any municipality shall provide fire protection service for public school buildings situated outside the municipality in accordance with Section 16‑10 of "The School Code".

(Source: P.A. 90‑655, eff. 7‑30‑98.)

(65 ILCS 5/11‑6‑3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑6‑3)
Sec. 11‑6‑3.

The corporate authorities of a municipality may contract with the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities or the Board of Regents of Regency Universities to provide fire protection to any university under the jurisdiction of the respective Board and located, in whole or in part, within the municipality. Such contract shall be as specified by Section 9 of "An Act to provide for the management, operation, control and maintenance of the State Colleges and Universities System", approved July 2, 1951, as heretofore or hereafter amended, or paragraph (j) of Section 8 of "An Act providing for the management, operation, control and maintenance of the Regency Universities System", approved May 11, 1967, as the case may be.

(Source: P. A. 76‑825.)

(65 ILCS 5/11‑6‑4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11‑6‑4)
Sec. 11‑6‑4.

The corporate authorities of any municipality may contract with the board of any public community college district to reimburse the municipality for any additional costs for fire protection service, including equipment, apparatus, or firemen occasioned by the presence of any public community college building within the municipality.

(Source: P.A. 82‑622.)

(65 ILCS 5/11‑6‑5)
Sec. 11‑6‑5. Reimbursement for specialized rescue services.

The corporate authorities of a municipality that operates a fire department may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees for specialized rescue services provided by the department. The total amount collected may not exceed the reasonable cost of providing those specialized rescue services and may not, in any event, exceed $125 per hour per vehicle and $35 per hour per firefighter. The fee may be charged to any of the following parties, but only after there has been a finding of fault against that party by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or the Illinois Department of Labor:

(a) the owner of the property on which the

specialized rescue services occurred;

(b) any person involved in an activity that caused or

contributed to the emergency;

(c) an individual who is rescued during the emergency

and his or her employer if the person was acting in furtherance of the employer's interests;

(d) in cases involving the recovery of property, any

person having control or custody of the property at the time of the emergency.

For the purposes of this Section, the term "specialized rescue services" includes, but is not limited to, structural collapse, tactical rescue, high angle rescue, underwater rescue and recovery, confined space rescue, below grade rescue, and trench rescue.

(Source: P.A. 95‑497, eff. 1‑1‑08.)

(65 ILCS 5/11‑6‑6)
Sec. 11‑6‑6. Technical rescue services.

The corporate authorities of a municipality that operates a fire department may fix, charge, and collect reasonable fees for technical rescue services provided by the department. The total amount collected may not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the technical rescue services and may include charges for personnel and equipment costs.

(Source: P.A. 95‑867, eff. 1‑1‑09.)