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.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 78.001
LIABILITY
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case American Broadcasting Companies v. Gill (1999)
Most recently applied in Fields v. Keith (March 2001)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.