(20 ILCS 2625/0.01) (from Ch. 127, par. 288.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Volunteer Firefighting Rescue Unit Use Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(20 ILCS 2625/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 289) Sec. 1. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the following meanings: Department means the Department of State Police; Rescue unit means a unit of an unpaid volunteer fire fighting organization which is specially trained for emergency rescue work such as resuscitation of heart attack, drowning, suffocation or epilepsy victims, recovery of bodies of drowning victims and similar activities; District means a geographical area designated by the Department for administration of laws by the Division of Fire Prevention of the Department. (Source: P.A. 84-25.)
(20 ILCS 2625/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 290) Sec. 2. The Department may request the cooperation and use of facilities of any rescue unit to aid it when engaged in any activity designed to save human life or to recover the body of a victim. Such a request shall be directed to a rescue unit or units located within the district where the rescue work is to be performed. If there is no rescue unit located within the district or if there are not sufficient rescue units therein to perform the required work, requests may be directed to rescue units located in other districts. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 178.)
(20 ILCS 2625/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 291) Sec. 3. When the Department requests the services of a rescue unit it shall pay the personnel of such unit for time actually spent in rescue work at the rate of $2.50 per hour. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 178.)
(20 ILCS 2625/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 292) Sec. 4. If any equipment of a volunteer fire fighting organization is lost or damaged while its rescue unit is engaged in rescue work at the request of the Department, it shall be reimbursed by the State of Illinois. A claim for such reimbursement may be filed with the Court of Claims. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 178.)
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