Neither a public entity nor a public employee is liable for failure to establish a fire department or otherwise to provide fire protection service.
Cal. Gov. Code § 850
Fire Protection
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810–998 (301 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 155 Cal. App. 3d 405 - Cochran v. Herzog Engraving Co. (1984)
Most recently applied in Puskar v. City & County of San Francisco (August 2015)
Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1681.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.