Court Opinion

ID: 9539867
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:11:12.360279+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:59:26.271872
License: Public Domain

McDERMOTT, Judge Pro Tern.,
dissenting.
The policemen and firemen of this state are public employees, paid for and trained at public expense. They must respond to various and different calls when requested to do so by the public and sometimes are confronted with very dangerous and unexpected situations wherein they could possibly be injured or killed. Their primary duty and responsibility is to, at all times, conduct themselves in a very professional and competent manner and to protect the public and property.
The majority of the Court is of the opinion that the fireman’s rule shall hereafter be in effect in the state of Idaho, “as being compelled by public policy.”
*507Given the significant ramifications to the policemen and firemen of this state in the event a fireman’s rule is adopted, I am of the opinion, if public policy demands such a rule be implemented, that the proper body to enact such a rule would be the Idaho State Legislature.