2010 North Carolina Code
Chapter 58 Insurance.
Article 80 - State Volunteer Fire Department.
58-80-45. Rights and privileges of firemen; liability of municipality.
58‑80‑45. Rights and privileges of firemen; liability of municipality.
When responding to a call and while working at a fire or other emergency outside the limits of the municipality by which they are regularly employed or in volunteer fire service, all members of the State Volunteer Fire Department shall have the same authority, rights, privileges and immunities which are afforded them while responding to calls within their home municipality. In permitting its fire department or equipment to attend an emergency or answer a call beyond the municipal limits, whether under the terms of this Article or otherwise, a municipality shall be deemed in exercise of a governmental function, and shall hold the privileges and immunities attendant upon the exercise of such functions within its corporate limits. (1939, c. 364, s. 10.)
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