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IN Code § 36-8-11-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 11. Fire Protection Districts|36-8-11-23. Merger of Districts

Sec. 23. (a) Any fire protection district may merge with one (1) or more protection districts to form a single district if at least one-eighth (1/8) of the aggregate external boundaries of the districts coincide.(b) The legislative body of the county where at least two (2) districts are located (or if the districts are located in more than one (1) county, the legislative body of each county) shall, if petitioned by freeholders in the two (2) districts, adopt an ordinance merging the districts into a single fire protection district.(c) Freeholders who desire the merger of at least two (2) fire protection districts must initiate proceedings by filing a petition in the office of the county auditor of each county where a district is located. The petition must be signed:(1) by at least twenty percent (20%), with a minimum of five hundred (500) from each district, of the freeholders owning land within the district; or(2) by a majority of the freeholders from the districts;whichever is less.(d) The petition described in subsection (c) must state the same items listed in section 7 of this chapter. Sections 6, 8, and 9 of this chapter apply to the petition and to the legislative body of each county in the proposed district.(e) The board of fire trustees for each district shall form a single board, which shall continue to be appointed as prescribed by section 12 of this chapter. In addition, sections 13, 14, and 15 of this chapter relating to the board of fire trustees apply to the board of the merged district, except that if the merged district lies in more than one (1) county, the county legislative bodies serving the combined district shall jointly decide where the board shall locate (or approve relocation of) its office.(f) Sections 16, 17, 18, 19, and 21 of this chapter relating to the taxing district, bonds, annual budget, tax levies, and disbanding of fire departments apply to a merged district. However, the budget must be approved by the county fiscal body in each county in the merged district. In addition, the auditor of each county in the district shall perform the duties described in section 18(c) of this chapter.As added by P.L.341-1987, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.63-1991, SEC.6; P.L.224-2007, SEC.129; P.L.146-2008, SEC.782; P.L.257-2019, SEC.154.
IN Code § 36-8-11-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 11. Fire Protection Districts|36-8-11-26. Purchase of Firefighting Equipment on Installment Conditional Sale or Mortgage Contract

Sec. 26. After a sufficient appropriation for the purchase of firefighting apparatus and equipment, including housing, is made and is available, the district's fiscal officer, with the approval of the board and the county fiscal body, may purchase the firefighting apparatus and equipment for the district on an installment conditional sale or mortgage contract running for a period not exceeding fifteen (15) years. The purchase shall be amortized in equal or approximately equal installments payable on January 1 and July 1 each year.As added by P.L.83-1998, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.90-2002, SEC.493; P.L.178-2002, SEC.133; P.L.19-2013, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-8-11-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 11. Fire Protection Districts|36-8-11-27. Payment of Line of Duty Health Care Expenses for Firefighters

Sec. 27. (a) A fire protection district shall pay for the care of a full-time, paid firefighter who suffers:(1) an injury; or(2) contracts an illness;during the performance of the firefighter's duties.(b) The fire protection district shall pay for the following expenses incurred by a firefighter described in subsection (a):(1) Medical and surgical care.(2) Medicines and laboratory, curative, and palliative agents and means.(3) X-ray, diagnostic, and therapeutic service, including service provided during the recovery period.(4) Hospital and special nursing care if the physician or surgeon in charge considers it necessary for proper recovery.(c) Expenditures required by subsection (a) shall be paid from the fund used by the fire protection district for payment of the costs attributable to providing fire protection services in the fire protection district.(d) A fire protection district that has paid for the care of a firefighter under subsection (a) has a cause of action for reimbursement of the amount paid under subsection (a) against any third party against whom the firefighter has a cause of action for:(1) an injury sustained because of; or(2) an illness caused by;the third party. The fire protection district's cause of action under this subsection is in addition to, and not instead of, the cause of action of the firefighter against the third party.As added by P.L.150-2002, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-12-0.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter

Sec. 0.1. The formula added to section 6 of this chapter by P.L.70-1995 applies to insurance policies that are entered into or renewed after December 31, 1995.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.676.
IN Code § 36-8-12-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 10 of this chapter, this chapter applies to all units except counties.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-40-2.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.72-1992, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-8-12-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-3. Agreements With Units; Authorization

Sec. 3. A unit may enter into an agreement with one (1) or more volunteer fire departments that maintain adequate firefighting service for the use and operation of firefighting apparatus and equipment owned by the volunteer fire department, including the service of the operators of the apparatus and equipment, so that the private and public property of the unit is saved from destruction by fire.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-40-5.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.89.
IN Code § 36-8-12-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-4. Agreements With Units; Consideration

Sec. 4. The contract between a unit and a volunteer fire department must provide that the unit pay to the department, as consideration for the contract, an amount of money that is determined by negotiation between them. This consideration must include the amounts that the unit is required to pay under this chapter for insurance premiums and clothing, automobile, and other allowances.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-40-5.5.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.90.
IN Code § 36-8-12-4.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-4.5. Agreements to Provide Services

Sec. 4.5. If a city, town, or township contracts with a volunteer fire department to provide services to the city, town, or township for a purpose authorized under this chapter, the contract must be:(1) in writing; and(2) for a fixed term.As added by P.L.257-2019, SEC.155.
IN Code § 36-8-12-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-5. Clothing and Automobile Allowances; Fees for Membership in Firefighters' Association

Sec. 5. (a) Unless otherwise provided by contract, a unit served by a volunteer fire department shall pay to each active and participating member of the department:(1) a clothing allowance of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) per year; and(2) an automobile allowance of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) per year for the use of the member's automobile in the line of duty.(b) A contract may also provide that fees for membership in a regularly organized volunteer firefighters' association be paid by the unit on behalf of the firefighters in the volunteer fire department.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-40-6.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.229-1996, SEC.2; P.L.1-1999, SEC.91.
IN Code § 36-8-12-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-7. Insurance; Disability and Medical Expense Coverage

Sec. 7. Each policy of insurance must provide for payment to a member of a volunteer fire department, for accidental injury or smoke inhalation caused by or occurring in the course of the performance of the duties of a volunteer firefighter or member of the emergency medical services personnel and for a cardiac disease event proximately caused within forty-eight (48) hours by or occurring in the course of the performance of the duties of a volunteer firefighter or member of the emergency medical services personnel while in an emergency situation, as follows:(1) For total disability that prevents the member from pursuing the member's usual vocation:(A) after June 30, 2009, and before July 24, 2009, a weekly indemnity of not less than two hundred sixty-two dollars ($262); and(B) after July 23, 2009, a weekly indemnity of not less than two hundred ninety dollars ($290);up to a maximum of two hundred sixty (260) weeks. After July 23, 2009, the weekly indemnity may not be less than the Indiana minimum wage computed on the basis of a forty (40) hour week.(2) For medical expenses, coverage for incurred expenses. However, the policy may not have medical expense limits of less than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-40-8.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.367-1983, SEC.1; P.L.348-1985, SEC.1; P.L.229-1996, SEC.3; P.L.1-1999, SEC.93; P.L.192-1999, SEC.2; P.L.174-2009, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-8-12-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-9. Insurance Premiums; Payment From General Fund

Sec. 9. All expenses incurred for premiums of the insurance required by this chapter shall be paid out of the general fund of the unit in the same manner as other expenses in the unit are paid.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-40-10.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.64.
IN Code § 36-8-12-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-10. Volunteers; Medical Treatment and Burial Expense Coverage; Determinations; Premium Expenses

Sec. 10. (a) A:(1) volunteer firefighter, a member of the emergency medical services personnel, or an emergency medical technician working in a volunteer capacity for a volunteer fire department or ambulance company is covered; and(2) volunteer working for a hazardous materials response team may be covered;by the medical treatment and burial expense provisions of the worker's compensation law (IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6) and the worker's occupational diseases law (IC 22-3-7).(b) Subject to section 10.3 of this chapter, if compensability of the injury is an issue, the administrative procedures of IC 22-3-2 through IC 22-3-6 and IC 22-3-7 shall be used to determine the issue.(c) This subsection applies to all units, including counties. All expenses incurred for premiums of the insurance allowed under this section may be paid from the unit's general fund in the same manner as other expenses in the unit are paid.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-40-1 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.198-1988, SEC.1; P.L.3-1989, SEC.230; P.L.172-1990, SEC.2; P.L.72-1992, SEC.5; P.L.1-1999, SEC.95; P.L.174-2009, SEC.6; P.L.167-2019, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-12-10.3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-10.3. Volunteers; Worker's Compensation

Sec. 10.3. (a) This section applies to an employee of a private employer who:(1) is a volunteer firefighter or volunteer member; and(2) has notified the employee's employer in writing that the employee is a volunteer firefighter or volunteer member, regardless of whether the employer rejected the notification under section 10.7(c) of this chapter.(b) An employee described in subsection (a) who leaves the employee's duty station to respond to a fire or emergency call after the employee has reported to work shall, for worker's compensation purposes, be considered an employee of the unit while in the performance of the duties of a volunteer firefighter or volunteer member.(c) The employee described in subsection (a) shall, for worker's compensation purposes, be considered as having entered in and acted in the regular course and scope of the employment with the unit when the employee responds to the fire or emergency call as a volunteer firefighter or volunteer member, regardless of whether the employee responds by traveling:(1) to a fire station or other place where firefighting equipment that the company or unit is to use is located; or(2) to perform any activities that the employee may be directed to do by the chief of the fire department or, in the absence of the chief, the ranking officer.(d) The employee described in subsection (a) shall, for worker's compensation purposes, be considered an employee of the unit until the employee returns to the location from which the employee was originally called to active duty, or until the employee engages in an activity beyond the scope of the performance of the duties of the volunteer firefighter or volunteer member, whichever occurs first.As added by P.L.167-2019, SEC.4.
IN Code § 36-8-12-10.7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-10.7. Employees of Private Employers; Volunteer Firefighting or Volunteer Member Activity

Sec. 10.7. (a) This section applies to an employee of a private employer who:(1) is a volunteer firefighter or volunteer member; and(2) has notified the employee's employer in writing that the employee is a volunteer firefighter or volunteer member.(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the employer may not discipline an employee:(1) for being absent from employment by reason of responding to a fire or emergency call that was received before the time that the employee was to report to employment;(2) for leaving the employee's duty station to respond to a fire or emergency call if the employee has secured authorization from the employee's supervisor to leave the duty station in response to a fire or an emergency call received after the employee has reported to work; or(3) for:(A) an injury; or(B) an absence from work because of an injury;that occurs while the employee is engaged in emergency firefighting or other emergency response.However, for each instance of emergency firefighting activity or other emergency response that results in an injury to an employee, subdivision (3) applies only to the period of the employee's absence from work that does not exceed six (6) months from the date of the injury.(c) After the employer has received the notice required under subsection (a)(2), the employer may reject the notification from the employee on the grounds that the employee is an essential employee to the employer. If the employer has rejected the notification of the employee:(1) subsection (b) does not apply to the employee; and(2) the employee must promptly notify the:(A) fire chief or other officer in charge of the volunteer fire department; or(B) the officer in charge of the volunteer emergency medical services association;of the rejection of the notice of the employee who is a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer member.(d) The employer may require an employee who has been absent from employment as set forth in subsection (b) to present a written statement from the fire chief or other officer in charge of the volunteer fire department, or officer in charge of the emergency medical services association, at the time of the absence or injury indicating that the employee was engaged in emergency firefighting or emergency activity at the time of the absence or injury.(e) The employer may require an employee who is injured or absent from work as described in subsection (b)(3) to provide evidence from a physician or other medical authority showing:(1) treatment for the injury at the time of the absence; and(2) a connection between the injury and the employee's emergency firefighting or other emergency response activities.(f) To the extent required by federal or state law, information obtained under subsection (e) by an employer must be:(1) retained in a separate medical file created for the employee; and(2) treated as a confidential medical record.As added by P.L.43-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.63-2009, SEC.3.
IN Code § 36-8-12-10.9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-10.9. Notice of Absence; Remuneration

Sec. 10.9. (a) The employer may require an employee who will be absent from employment as set forth in:(1) section 10.5(c)(1); or(2) section 10.7(b)(1);of this chapter to notify the employer before the scheduled start time for the absence from employment to be excused by the employer.(b) The employer is not required to pay salary or wages to an employee who has been absent from employment as set forth in section 10.5(c) or 10.7(b) of this chapter for the time away from the employee's duty station. The employee may seek remuneration for the absence from employment by the use of:(1) vacation leave;(2) personal time;(3) compensatory time off; or(4) in the case of an absence from employment as set forth in section 10.5(c)(3) or 10.7(b)(3) of this chapter, sick leave.(c) An employer shall administer an absence from employment as set forth in section 10.5(c)(3) or 10.7(b)(3) of this chapter in a manner consistent with the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), as amended and in effect on January 1, 2009.As added by P.L.43-2005, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.63-2009, SEC.4; P.L.1-2010, SEC.153.
IN Code § 36-8-12-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-11. Blue Lights on Private Vehicles; Authorization; Violations

Sec. 11. (a) Members of volunteer fire departments may display blue lights on their privately owned vehicles while en route to scenes of emergencies or to the fire station in the line of duty subject to the following conditions:(1) A light:(A) must have a light source of at least thirty-five (35) watts; or(B) may be a blue light emitting diode (LED).(2) All lights must be placed on the:(A) top of the vehicle;(B) dashboard inside a vehicle, shielded to prevent distracting the driver; or(C) front of the vehicle upon the bumper or at bumper level.(3) No more than four (4) blue light assemblies may be displayed on one (1) vehicle, and each blue light assembly must be of the flashing or revolving type.(4) A blue light assembly may contain multiple bulbs.(5) A blue light may not be a part of the regular head lamps displayed on the vehicles. Alternately flashing head lamps may be used as a supplemental warning device. Strobe lights or flashers may be installed into the light fixtures on the vehicle other than the alternating head lamps. The strobe lights or flashers may be either white or blue, with the exception of red to the rear.(b) In order for a volunteer firefighter to display a blue light on a vehicle, the volunteer firefighter must secure a written permit from the chief of the volunteer fire department to use the blue light and must carry the permit at all times when the blue light is displayed.(c) A person who is not a member of a volunteer fire department may not display an illuminated blue light on a vehicle.(d) A permittee of the owner of a vehicle lawfully equipped with a blue light may operate the vehicle only if the blue light is not illuminated.(e) A person who violates subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) commits a Class C infraction. If the violator is a member of a volunteer fire department, the chief of the department shall discipline the violator under fire department rules and regulations.(f) This section does not grant a vehicle displaying blue lights the right-of-way under IC 9-21-8-35 or exemption from traffic rules under IC 9-21-1-8. A driver of a vehicle displaying a blue light shall obey all traffic rules.(g) This section shall not be construed to include a vehicle displaying a blue light and driven by a member of a volunteer fire department as an authorized emergency vehicle (as defined in IC 9-13-2-6).[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-40-11.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.88-1990, SEC.4; P.L.2-1991, SEC.108; P.L.99-1991, SEC.4; P.L.1-1999, SEC.96; P.L.6-2001, SEC.1; P.L.153-2002, SEC.2; P.L.61-2016, SEC.1.
IN Code § 36-8-12-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-12. Nonfire Emergency Activities; Duties of Fire Chief

Sec. 12. When a volunteer fire department is responding to a fire call and there is no other fire department with overriding jurisdiction present, the fire chief, or in the fire chief's absence the ranking officer, shall direct all nonfire emergency activities at the scene until a law enforcement officer arrives on the scene.[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 19-1-40-1.5 part.]As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.64. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.97; P.L.127-2017, SEC.271.
IN Code § 36-8-12-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-15. Liability Limits; Punitive Damages

Sec. 15. The combined aggregate liability of a volunteer fire department for an act or failure to act that is within the scope of the department’s duties does not exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for injury to or death of one (1) person in any one (1) occurrence and does not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) for injury to or death of all persons in that occurrence. A volunteer fire department is not liable for punitive damages.As added by P.L.217-1989, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.1-1999, SEC.99.
IN Code § 36-8-12-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 36. Local Government|Article 8. Public Safety|Chapter 12. Volunteer Fire Departments|36-8-12-18. Confidential Information; Exceptions

Sec. 18. (a) A volunteer fire department may declare the following records confidential for purposes of IC 5-14-3:(1) Personnel files of members of the volunteer fire department.(2) Files of applicants to the volunteer fire department.However, all personnel file information shall be made available to an affected member or the member's representative.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a volunteer fire department may not declare the following information contained in files described in subsection (a) confidential:(1) The name, compensation, job title, business address, business telephone number, job description, education and training background, previous work experience, or dates of first and last employment of present or former members of the volunteer fire department.(2) Information relating to the status of any formal charges against a member.(3) The factual basis for a disciplinary action in which final action has been taken and that resulted in the member being suspended, demoted, or discharged.(c) This section does not apply to disclosure of personnel information generally on all members or for groups of members without the request being particularized by member name.As added by P.L.101-2006, SEC.38.