Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE |
Title 4. LIABILITY IN TORT |
Chapter 78. CERTAIN FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRE-FIGHTING ENTITIES |
Subchapter A. VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS |
Sec. 78.001. LIABILITY
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A volunteer fire fighter or a volunteer fire department is not liable for damage to property resulting from the fire fighter's or the department's reasonable and necessary action in fighting or extinguishing a fire on the property.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.