North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 69 Fire Protection

Article 1 - Investigation of Fires and Inspection of Premises.

Article 2 - Fire Escapes.

  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-8 through 69-13.   Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 864, s. 51

Article 3 - State Volunteer Fire Department.

Article 3A - Rural Fire Protection Districts.

  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.1.   Election to be held upon petition of voters
    Upon the petition of thirty-five percent (35%) of the resident freeholders living in an area lying outside the corporate limits of any city or...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.2.   Duties of county board of commissioners regarding conduct of elections; cost of holding
    The board of county commissioners, after consulting with the county board of elections, shall set a date for the special election in accordance with...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.3.   Ballots
    At said election those voters who are in favor of levying a tax in said district for fire protection therein shall vote a ballot...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.4.   Tax to be levied and used for furnishing fire protection
    (a) If a majority of the qualified voters voting at said election vote in favor of levying and collecting a tax in said district,...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.5.   Methods of providing fire protection
    Upon the levy of such tax, the board of county commissioners shall, to the extent of the taxes collected hereunder, provide fire protection for...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.6.   Municipal corporations empowered to make contracts
    Municipal corporations are hereby empowered to make contracts to carry out the purposes of this Article. (1951, c. 820, s. 6.)
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.7.   Administration of special fund; fire protection district commission
    The special fund provided by the tax herein authorized shall be administered to provide fire protection as provided in G.S. 69-25.5 by the board...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.8.   Authority, rights, privileges and immunities of counties, etc., performing services under Article
    Any county, municipal corporation or fire protection district performing any of the services authorized by this Article shall be subject to the same authority...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.9.   Procedure when area lies in more than one county
    In the event that an area petitioning for a tax election under this Article lies in more than one county said petition shall be...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.10.   Means of abolishing tax district
    Upon a petition of fifteen percent (15%) of the resident freeholders of any special fire protection district or area, at intervals of not less...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.11.   Changes in area of district
    After a fire protection district has been established under the provisions of this Article and fire protection commissioners have been appointed, changes in the...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.12.   Privileges and taxes where territory added to district
    In case any territory is added to any fire protection district, from and after such addition, the taxpayers and other residents of said added...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.13.   Privileges and taxes where territory removed from district
    In case any territory is removed from any fire protection district from and after said removal, the taxpayers and other residents of said removed...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.14.   Contract with city or town to which all or part of district annexed concerning property of district and furnishing of fire protection
    Whenever all or any part of the area included within the territorial limits of a fire protection district is annexed to or becomes a...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.15.   When district or portion thereof annexed by municipality furnishing fire protection
    (a) When the whole or any portion of a fire protection district has been annexed by a municipality furnishing fire protection to its citizens,...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.16.   Exclusion from rural fire protection districts
    There shall be excluded from any rural fire protection district, and the provisions of this Article shall not apply to, an electric generating plant,...
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.17.   Validation of fire protection funds appropriated in providing rescue and ambulance services
    All prior appropriations and expenditures by any county board of commissioners of funds derived from taxes levied in rural fire protection districts, but used...

Article 4 - Hotels; Safety Provisions.

Article 5 - Authority and Liability of Firemen.

Article 6 - Mutual Aid between Fire Departments.

Last modified: March 23, 2014