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NE Code § 35-101 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-101 - Volunteer firefighters; exemptions enumerated; retired firefighters; exemptions.

35-101.  Volunteer firefighters; exemptions enumerated; retired firefighters; exemptions.All volunteer members in good standing in any fire company or hook and ladder company in this state shall be exempt from militia duty in time of peace; Provided, that said certificate of exemption shall be approved and authorized by the council or board of trustees under the seal of the city or village in which the fire department issuing the same is located. When any member shall have retired from such company after having served ten years or more he shall be furnished a certificate of exemption. Any member in good standing in any fire company or hook and ladder company in this state on September 20, 1957, shall be furnished a certificate of exemption after five years of service; Provided, when a member serves in different fire companies or hook and ladder companies in this state, or at different times in the same company, he may add the years he previously served to his present membership in order to qualify for such exemption. Persons who received certificates of exemption for five years' service prior to September 20, 1957, shall be entitled to all exemptions theretofore enjoyed by holders of such certificates.Source   Laws 1867 (Ter.), § 1, p. 16;   Laws 1871, § 1, p. 131;   G.S.1873, c. 24, § 1, p. 390;   R.S.1913, § 2496;   Laws 1915, c. 44, § 1, p. 122;   C.S.1922, § 2434;   C.S.1929, § 35-101;   R.S.1943, § 35-101;   Laws 1955, c. 126, § 1, p. 359;   Laws 1957, c. 135, § 1, p. 452;   Laws 1959, c. 143, § 2, p. 553;   Laws 1961, c. 166, § 1, p. 496;   Laws 1963, c. 194, § 1, p. 639;   Laws 1971, LB 14, § 1;   Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 226;   Laws 1973, LB 99, § 1.  Cross References  Military exemption, see sections 55-106 and 55-174.
NE Code § 35-102 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-102 - Volunteer fire department; number of members; apparatus.

35-102.  Volunteer fire department; number of members; apparatus.No volunteer fire department shall have upon its rolls at one time more than twenty-five persons, for each engine and hose company in such fire department, and no hook and ladder company shall have upon its rolls at any one time more than twenty-five members. No organization shall be deemed to be a bona fide fire or hook and ladder company until it has procured for active service apparatus for the extinguishment or prevention of fires, in case of a hose company, to the value of seven hundred dollars, and of a hook and ladder company to the value of five hundred dollars.Source   Laws 1867 (Ter.), § 2, p. 16;   G.S.1873, c. 24, § 2, p. 390;   R.S.1913, § 2497;   Laws 1915, c. 44, § 1, p. 122;   C.S.1922, § 2435;   C.S.1929, § 35-102;   R.S.1943, § 35-102;  Laws 2018, LB193, § 74.
NE Code § 35-103 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-103 - Volunteer firefighters; members in good standing.

35-103.  Volunteer firefighters; members in good standing.Members in good standing are hereby defined to be those who keep their dues promptly paid up, and are present and render active service when called out for the legitimate purposes of their organization.Source   Laws 1867 (Ter.), § 3, p. 16;   G.S.1873, c. 24, § 3, p. 390;   R.S.1913, § 2498;   C.S.1922, § 2436;   C.S.1929, § 35-103;   R.S.1943, § 35-103.
NE Code § 35-105 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-105 - Equipment; exemption from execution and sale.

35-105.  Equipment; exemption from execution and sale.All fire engines, hose, hose carriages, ladders, buckets, and all vehicles, machinery, and appliances of every kind used or kept by incorporated cities, villages, or fire companies for the purpose of extinguishing fires are hereby exempt from execution and sale to satisfy any debt, judgment, or decree arising upon contract or otherwise. The provisions of this section shall not affect any voluntary lien created by bill of sale, security agreement as defined in article 9, Uniform Commercial Code, or otherwise, on such property, by the proper owner.Source   Laws 1869, § 1, p. 17;   R.S.1913, § 2499;   C.S.1922, § 2438;   C.S.1929, § 35-105;   R.S.1943, § 35-105;   Laws 1972, LB 1055, § 1;  Laws 1999, LB 550, § 5.
NE Code § 35-106 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-106 - Fire insurance companies; occupation tax; levy; collection.

35-106.  Fire insurance companies; occupation tax; levy; collection.The municipal authorities of any city of the first or second class or village, shall have authority, by ordinance, to impose an occupation tax of not more than five dollars per annum on each fire insurance corporation, company or association, doing business in such city or village, for the use, support, and benefit of volunteer fire departments, regularly organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska regulating the same. The municipal clerk shall collect with diligence the occupation tax so imposed. Upon the receipt of said tax the municipal clerk shall pay over the proceeds thereof to the municipal treasurer who shall credit the same to a fund to be known as special occupation tax fund for benefit of the volunteer fire department. Upon proper claim filed by the chief of the fire department and allowed by the local governing body of the municipality, the municipal treasurer shall pay over the proceeds of the tax in the fund from time to time for the use of the fire department, as hereinbefore provided.Source   Laws 1895, c. 38, § 1, p. 167;   R.S.1913, § 2525;   C.S.1922, § 2448;   C.S.1929, § 35-401;   Laws 1939, c. 37, § 1, p. 190;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 35-401;   R.S.1943, § 35-106. Annotations  Volunteer fire department receives occupation taxes levied by city or village. State ex rel. Retchless v. Cook, 181 Neb. 863, 152 N.W.2d 23 (1967). Ordinance of village imposing tax for support of fire department was not subject to construction as to meaning of the words doing business by proposed legislative amendment which was never enacted. Village of Axtell v. Nebraska Hardware Mutual Ins. Co., 142 Neb. 657, 7 N.W.2d 471 (1943). Unless this section was merely declaratory of the law which existed when it was enacted, it is invalid because of its failure to refer to the existing laws which it amended. German-American Fire Ins. Co. v. City of Minden, 51 Neb. 870, 71 N.W. 995 (1897).
NE Code § 35-107 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-107 - Volunteer department; emergency first aid; members; immunity from liability; when.

35-107.  Volunteer department; emergency first aid; members; immunity from liability; when.No member of a volunteer fire department or of a volunteer first-aid, rescue, or emergency squad which provides emergency public first-aid and rescue services shall be liable in any civil action to respond in damages as a result of his acts of commission or omission arising out of and in the course of his rendering in good faith any such services as such member but such immunity from liability shall not extend to the operation of any motor vehicle in connection with such services.Nothing in this section shall be deemed to grant any such immunity to any person causing damage by his willful or wanton act of commission or omission.Source  Laws 1963, c. 192, § 1, p. 638. Annotations To prevent a demurrer for lack of subject matter jurisdiction based on the immunity conferred by this section, the plaintiff must allege facts which show either that the general immunity does not apply or that the actions fall within the exceptions set forth in this section. Whether a public entity maintains private liability insurance at public expense is not a condition for immunity under this section. Drake v. Drake, 260 Neb. 530, 618 N.W.2d 650 (2000).
NE Code § 35-108 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-108 - Volunteer fire and rescue personnel; group life insurance; municipality or district; purchase; maintain; coverage termination.

35-108.  Volunteer fire and rescue personnel; group life insurance; municipality or district; purchase; maintain; coverage termination.The governing body of any incorporated municipality having a volunteer fire department or the board of directors of each rural or suburban fire protection district shall purchase and maintain in force a policy of group term life insurance to age sixty-five covering the lives of all of its active volunteer fire and rescue personnel, except that when any such person serves more than one municipality or district such policy shall be purchased only by the first municipality or district which he or she serves. Such policy shall provide a minimum death benefit of ten thousand dollars for death from any cause and shall, at the option of the insured, be convertible to a permanent form of life insurance at age sixty-five. The coverage of such policy shall terminate as to any individual who ceases to be an active volunteer member of the fire department of the municipality or district.Source   Laws 1971, LB 750, § 1;   Laws 1973, LB 249, § 1;  Laws 2003, LB 167, § 1.
NE Code § 35-109 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-109 - Sirens; restriction on use.

35-109.  Sirens; restriction on use.No siren or other similar device whose primary purpose is to warn the public of a natural or manmade emergency or disaster shall be used to notify volunteer firefighters of a fire or to summon volunteer firefighters to a fire. This section applies only to cities of the first class located within a county which contains a city of the metropolitan class.Source  Laws 1997, LB 589, § 3.
NE Code § 35-202 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-202 - Volunteer firefighter; file certificate of insurance.

35-202.  Volunteer firefighter; file certificate of insurance.No Nebraska volunteer firefighter shall be dispatched on behalf of this state pursuant to the compact set forth in section 35-201 outside the boundaries of Nebraska unless such volunteer firefighter files with the Nebraska compact administrator a valid certificate of insurance covering him or her for workers' compensation benefits pursuant to the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act outside the boundaries of Nebraska.Source Laws 2014, LB961, § 2.Cross References  Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act, see section 48-1,110.
NE Code § 35-302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-302 - Paid fire departments; firefighters; hours of duty; alternating day schedule; agreement; restrictions.

35-302.  Paid fire departments; firefighters; hours of duty; alternating day schedule; agreement; restrictions.Firefighters employed in the fire departments of cities having paid fire departments shall not be required to remain on duty for periods of time which will aggregate in each month more than an average of sixty hours per week. Each single-duty shift shall consist of twenty-four consecutive hours and shall be followed by an off-duty period as necessary to assure compliance with the requirements of this section unless by voluntary agreement between the city and the authorized collective-bargaining agent or, if there is no collective-bargaining unit, the firefighter, any firefighter may be permitted to work an additional period of consecutive time and may return to work after less than a twenty-four-hour off-duty period. Any firefighter may be assigned to work less than a twenty-four-hour shift, but in such event the firefighter shall not work in excess of forty hours per week unless otherwise provided by voluntary agreement between the city and the authorized collective-bargaining agent or, if there is no collective-bargaining unit, the firefighter. No agreement under this section shall allow a firefighter who is scheduled to work less than a twenty-four-hour shift and who holds the rank of fire chief or works as an immediate subordinate to a fire chief to fill temporary vacancies created by the absence of a firefighter who is assigned to work a twenty-four-hour shift and who holds a rank lower than fire chief. No firefighter shall be required to perform any work or service as such firefighter during any period in which he or she is off duty except in cases of extraordinary conflagration or emergencies or job-related court appearances.Source   Laws 1953, c. 119, § 1(2), p. 377;   Laws 1963, c. 196, § 1, p. 642;   Laws 1971, LB 773, § 1;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 101;  Laws 2009, LB537, § 1. Annotations This section provides firefighters with statutory rights and permits firefighters to waive those rights by voluntary agreement, but does not alter the well-established principle that such a waiver must be clearly and expressly established. Hogelin v. City of Columbus, 274 Neb. 453, 741 N.W.2d 617 (2007).
NE Code § 35-501 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-501 - Rural and suburban fire protection districts; organization; necessity.

35-501.  Rural and suburban fire protection districts; organization; necessity.It is recognized, found, and declared: (1) That it is in the public interest to encourage residents and property owners in rural and suburban areas in the state to organize, equip, and maintain local firefighting bodies corporate and politic for the purpose of providing the same type of protection of their lives and property against loss or destruction by fire as is available to residents of incorporated cities and villages; and (2) that the organization and establishment of adequately equipped and maintained local bodies corporate and politic for such purposes will promote the public health, convenience, safety, and welfare through the preservation and protection of lives and resources in rural and suburban areas in the state.Source   Laws 1949, c. 98, § 1, p. 262;   Laws 1955, c. 128, § 1, p. 363.  Annotations  City may annex territory within fire protection district. City of Bellevue v. Eastern Sarpy County S. F. P. Dist., 180 Neb. 340, 143 N.W.2d 62 (1966). Cost of maintenance is provided by annual tax. Village of Niobrara v. Tichy, 158 Neb. 517, 63 N.W.2d 867 (1954).
NE Code § 35-502 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-502 - District; organization; conversion from rural to suburban fire protection district; conditions.

35-502.  District; organization; conversion from rural to suburban fire protection district; conditions.(1) In order to provide for the protection of lives and property in rural and suburban areas against loss or damage by fire, more than fifty percent of the registered voters residing in the following are hereby authorized and empowered to initiate the formation of rural or suburban fire protection districts under the conditions specified in this section:(a)(i) Any territory in the State of Nebraska equivalent in area to one township or more which is situated outside the corporate limits of any city or village; or(ii) Any area of less than one township which is surrounded by rural or suburban fire protection districts; or(b) Any area situated in the State of Nebraska outside the corporate limits of any city or village in which there are at least two hundred homes and which has a taxable valuation of at least two million eight hundred sixty thousand dollars.(2) Such districts shall be organized in the manner provided by sections 35-501 to 35-517. If the district is organized in an area set forth in subdivision (1)(a) of this section, it shall be a rural fire protection district and references in such sections to rural fire protection districts shall refer to such a district. If the district is organized in an area set forth in subdivision (1)(b) of this section, it shall be a suburban fire protection district and references in such sections to a suburban fire protection district shall refer to such a district. Unless the context indicates otherwise, district, when used in such sections, shall refer to either a rural or suburban fire protection district, as the case may be.(3) Any rural fire protection district which has been duly organized under Chapter 35, which has within its boundaries at least two hundred homes, and which has a taxable valuation of at least two million eight hundred sixty thousand dollars is hereby authorized and empowered to convert to a suburban fire protection district in the manner provided by section 35-519.(4) Beginning July 1, 1998, no new rural or suburban fire protection district shall be formed except by merger or reorganization of two or more existing rural or suburban fire protection districts.Source   Laws 1939, c. 38, § 1, p. 192;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 35-601;   R.S.1943, § 35-401;   Laws 1949, c. 98, § 2, p. 262;   Laws 1955, c. 128, § 2, p. 363;   Laws 1959, c. 144, § 1, p. 554;   Laws 1972, LB 849, § 1;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 148;   Laws 1990, LB 918, § 1;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 129;   Laws 1998, LB 1120, § 8.  Annotations Organization of rural fire protection district may be collaterally attacked when defects complained of are jurisdictional. Kelle v. Crab Orchard Rural Fire Protection Dist., 164 Neb. 593, 83 N.W.2d 51 (1957).
NE Code § 35-507 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-507 - District; meeting; when held.

35-507.  District; meeting; when held.A regular meeting of the registered voters who are residing within the boundaries of a district shall be held at the time of the budget hearing as provided by the Nebraska Budget Act, and special meetings may be called by the board of directors at any time. Notice of a meeting shall be given by the secretary-treasurer by one publication in a legal newspaper of general circulation in each county in which such district is situated. Notice of the place and time of a meeting shall be published at least four calendar days prior to the date set for meeting. For purposes of such notice, the four calendar days shall include the day of publication but not the day of the meeting.Source   Laws 1949, c. 98, § 7, p. 265;   Laws 1971, LB 713, § 1;   Laws 1992, LB 1063, § 34;   Laws 1992, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 34;   Laws 1998, LB 1120, § 10;  Laws 2017, LB151, § 4.  Cross References  Nebraska Budget Act, see section 13-501.
NE Code § 35-509.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-509.01 - District; secretary-treasurer; bond; amount; premium; failure to furnish; effect.

35-509.01.  District; secretary-treasurer; bond; amount; premium; failure to furnish; effect.The secretary-treasurer of each district shall, within ten days after his or her election, execute to the county and file with the county clerk a bond of not less than two thousand dollars in any instance nor less than the amount of money, as nearly as can be ascertained, to come into his or her hands as secretary-treasurer at any one time, with a surety company or companies of recognized responsibility as surety or sureties, to be approved by the president of such district, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his or her office. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the district. The bond when approved shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the rural or suburban fire protection district is situated. If the district is located in two or more counties, such bond shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the greatest portion of the valuation of the district is located. If the secretary-treasurer fails to execute such bond, his or her office shall be declared vacant by the board, and the board shall immediately appoint a secretary-treasurer, who shall be subject to the same conditions and possess the same powers as if elected to that office. The secretary-treasurer shall have no power or authority to withdraw or disburse the money of the district prior to his or her filing the bond required in this section.Source   Laws 1953, c. 121, § 2, p. 384;   Laws 1955, c. 128, § 5, p. 366;   Laws 1998, LB 1120, § 13.
NE Code § 35-511 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-511 - District funds; where deposited; how disbursed; annual report.

35-511.  District funds; where deposited; how disbursed; annual report.All donations, contributions, bequests, annuities, or borrowed money received by or on behalf of the district shall be deposited with the secretary-treasurer of the district and shall be drawn out only upon proper check. Such check shall be authorized by the board of directors and shall bear the signature of the secretary-treasurer and the countersignature of the president of such district. The secretary-treasurer of the district shall, at each annual public meeting of the district, present a financial report concerning the affairs of the district.Source   Laws 1939, c. 38, § 7, p. 193;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 35-607;   R.S.1943, § 35-407;   Laws 1949, c. 98, § 11, p. 267;   Laws 1993, LB 516, § 3;   Laws 1998, LB 1120, § 14.
NE Code § 35-512 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-512 - Districts; warrants; amount authorized; rate of interest.

35-512.  Districts; warrants; amount authorized; rate of interest.All warrants for payment of any indebtedness of a rural fire protection district which are unpaid for want of funds shall bear interest at a rate specified by the issuing district and endorsed on the warrant, from the date of the registering of such unpaid warrants with the county treasurer; Provided, that the amount of such warrants does not exceed the revenue provided for the year in which the indebtedness was incurred.Source   Laws 1939, c. 38, § 9, p. 194;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 35-609;   R.S.1943, § 35-409;   Laws 1949, c. 98, § 12, p. 267;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 102, p. 336.
NE Code § 35-513 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-513 - Districts; consolidation; contracts for fire protection; cities and villages; power to contract; service award benefit program; authorized.

35-513.  Districts; consolidation; contracts for fire protection; cities and villages; power to contract; service award benefit program; authorized.(1) Any rural or suburban fire protection district may elect to enter into a contract with another rural or suburban fire protection district to consolidate or cooperate for mutual fire protection and prevention purposes, or may enter into a contract with an incorporated city or village for fire protection service or fire protection cooperation, upon terms suitable to all concerned, and power to make such contracts is hereby conferred upon such city or village in addition to such other powers as have been heretofore provided by law.(2) A rural or suburban fire protection district may establish a service award benefit program pursuant to the Volunteer Emergency Responders Recruitment and Retention Act and may appropriate and expend funds for the cost of any such program for volunteer members of a volunteer department of a city of the first or second class or village or other rural or suburban fire protection district with which the district has a contract for emergency response services.Source   Laws 1939, c. 38, § 8, p. 194;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 35-608;   R.S.1943, § 35-408;   Laws 1949, c. 98, § 13, p. 267;   Laws 1955, c. 128, § 7, p. 367;  Laws 1999, LB 849, § 32.  Cross References   Other provisions regarding contracts for fire protection, see sections 13-303, 13-318, 18-1707, and 18-1709.  Volunteer Emergency Responders Recruitment and Retention Act, see section 35-1301.