Neither a public entity, nor a public employee acting in the scope of his employment, is liable for any injury resulting from the condition of fire protection or firefighting equipment or facilities or, except as provided in Article 1 (commencing with Section 17000) of Chapter 1 of Division 9 of the Vehicle Code, for any injury caused in fighting fires.
Cal. Gov. Code § 850.4
Fire Protection
Known as the Government Claims Act
The act spans §§ 810–998 (301 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 18 Cal. 4th 1057 - Calatayud v. State of California (1998)
Most recently applied in 159 Cal. App. 4th 1072 - PEOPLE EX REL. GRIJALVA v. Superior Court (February 2008)
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.