7-33-2208. Fire control powers -- liability. (1) Any county rural fire chief, district rural fire chief or his deputy, or fire service area or fire company fire chief or his deputy may enter private property or direct the entry of fire control crews for the purpose of suppressing fires.
     (2) A chief or deputy and the county, rural district, fire company, or fire service area are immune from suit for injury to persons or property resulting from actions taken to suppress fires under this section.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 173, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 40, L. 1955; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 337, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 73, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 397, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 28-603(4); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 75, L. 1989.