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2013 Maryland Code
PUBLIC SAFETY
§ 7-403 - Limited access to private water sources
MD Pub Safety Code § 7-403 (2013) What's This?
§7-403.
If no public water source is available to a fire company to supply water to extinguish a fire or mitigate an emergency incident, a fire company may enter private property to obtain water from a private water source, such as a privately owned pond, lake, river, stream, canal, cistern, or swimming pool, to extinguish the fire or otherwise mitigate the emergency incident.
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