[Adopted 2-11-1993 by Ord. No. 1034 (Ch.
141 of the 1999 Code)]
Whenever the Homestead Volunteer Fire Department,
the Homestead Borough Ambulance Authority and the Homestead Police
Department respond to fire calls and/or fire alarms at sites within
the Borough of Homestead, or outside the Borough of Homestead in response
to calls for mutual aid from a neighboring municipality, the owners
of property at which fires occur shall be responsible for payment
to the Homestead Volunteer Fire Department, the Homestead Borough
Ambulance Authority and the Homestead Police Department for all damage
or loss to property or equipment suffered by the Homestead Police
Department, the Homestead Borough Ambulance Authority and the Homestead
Volunteer Fire Department in responding to such fire calls and/or
fire alarms.
Whenever the Homestead Police Department responds
to fire calls and/or fire alarms at sites within the Borough of Homestead,
or outside the Borough of Homestead in response to calls for mutual
aid from a neighboring municipality, the owners of property at which
fires occur shall be responsible for payment to the Borough of Homestead
for all wages paid to Homestead police officers who respond to such
fire calls and/or fire alarms and are executing their duties to protect
the health, safety and welfare of the community.
[Added 3-12-1998 by Ord. No. 1086; amended
at time of adoption of Code (see AO)]
Whenever the Homestead Volunteer Fire Department
responds to fire calls and/or fire alarms at sites within the Borough
of Homestead, or outside the Borough of Homestead in response to calls
for mutual aid from a neighboring municipality, the owners of property
at which fires occur, or the appropriate insurance companies shall
be responsible for payment to the Homestead Volunteer Fire Department
of fire service fees in accordance with the current table of response
fees charged, which is on file in the Borough office.
[Added 1-17-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-1]
1.
Homestead Volunteer Fire Department
volunteer firefighters shall receive from the Borough of Homestead
a response cost reimbursement per fire call responded to in the Borough
of Homestead by the volunteer firefighter as a contribution to help
defray the costs of response vehicle fuel and maintenance. The specific
reimbursement amount an individual firefighter will qualify for will
be based on whether the firefighter is categorized as a firefighter
with only minimum essential training, a Level One certified firefighter,
or a Level Two certified firefighters and shall be set by the Council
of the Borough of Homestead by resolution.
2.
Reimbursements shall be made
by the Borough only after receiving from the Chief of the Homestead
Volunteer Fire Department written verification of the date, time and
location of the volunteer firefighter's fire-call response for which
the volunteer firefighter seeks payment as well as verification of
the firefighter's certification status.
