The purpose of the district shall be the building, equipping, and operating of a fire station or stations equipped with a fire truck or fire trucks, fire hose, chemical fire extinguishers, and other equipment for extinguishing fires. The district may provide other emergency services, like hazardous and toxic materials response, search and rescue, emergency medical, ambulance, and patient transport services, and such other functions as may be assigned to or reasonably expected of a local fire services agency and which it is trained and qualified to perform.Acts 1939, No. 183, § 1; 1973, No. 302, § 1; 1979, No. 486, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 20-901; Acts 1995, No. 426, § 2; 1997, No. 1093, § 1.
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