Colorado § 29-5-105 - Assignment of emergency response personnel for temporary duty - definitions.
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§ 29-5-105. Assignment of emergency response personnel for temporary duty - definitions.
(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Emergency responder" means a county improvement district providing fire protection services or any other county department or agency that provides fire or emergency medical services, municipal fire departments, fire protection districts, metropolitan districts providing fire protection services, fire authorities, hazardous materials authorities, volunteer fire departments recognized under the "Volunteer Fire Department Organization Act", section 24-33.5-1208.5, and any ambulance service operated by a subdivision of state government.
(b) "Emergency responder personnel" means paid or volunteer personnel of an emergency responder.
(2) The chief or executive officer of an emergency responder may, in his or her discretion and upon a request made by the chief or executive officer of any other emergency responder, assign such personnel and equipment as he or she determines to be proper, to perform temporary emergency services duties under the direction and control of the requesting emergency responder; except that the assigning fire chief or executive officer may require that such emergency responder personnel and equipment shall be under the immediate direction and control of a superior officer of the assigning emergency responder, which superior officer shall be, during such temporary assignment, under the direction and control of the requesting fire chief or executive officer. Nothing contained in this section and sections 29-5-107 to 29-5-110 limits the power of the governing body of any emergency responder to prohibit or limit by ordinance or regulation the exercise by a fire chief or executive officer of the discretion granted in this section and sections 29-5-107 to 29-5-110.
Source: L. 63: p. 730, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 99-2-6. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1025, § 50, effective August 6. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-166), ch. 287, p. 1696, § 1, effective June 22.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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