2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XII - PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE
Chapter 154 - FIREWARDS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND FIRE HAZARDS
Section 154:30-c - Powers and Duties.

    154:30-c Powers and Duties. –
    I. A district fire mutual aid system shall coordinate the services of all municipalities and fire departments belonging to it so as to provide better and more efficient cooperation in the protection of life and property within the area which it comprises and toward this end shall cooperate with other state agencies including the division of homeland security and emergency management and local emergency management offices.
    II. A district fire mutual aid system may:
       (a) Establish plans for the coordination of all municipal services performed by it;
       (b) Within the limits of available funds, acquire and operate property and equipment, including a dispatch center;
       (c) Provide communications service, radio repair, and maintenance service to its member municipalities and fire departments or persons and firms under contract with a member municipality or fire department;
       (d) Provide private fire, burglary, and supervisory alarm service;
       (e) Provide dispatch and communications service for police and emergency medical services of member municipalities and fire departments or for such services as are under contract with member municipalities and fire departments;
       (f) Extend the advantages of group purchasing for services performed by it to municipalities and fire departments in the system; and
       (g) Provide and operate training programs for firefighters and emergency medical technicians.
    III. The state fire marshal may render advice, recommendations and assistance to any district fire mutual aid system.

Source. 1957, 277:1. 1981, 393:1. 1992, 154:22. 1993, 28:7. 2003, 319:126. 2004, 171:18. 2008, 361:15, eff. July 11, 2008.