TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES 50001-57550›DIVISION 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES 53000-55821›PART 2. POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES, COUNTIES, OR OTHER AGENCIES 55000-55707›CHAPTER 4. Fire and Police Protection 55600-55642›ARTICLE 1. Performance of Fire Protection Functions by County Firewarden or State Forester 55600-55609

§ 55604

California Government Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

When the contract has been made, the county firewarden, his deputies, and assistants may exercise the same powers and duties within the local agency as are conferred upon officers charged with the duty of preventing and suppressing fires by State and local law within such county or local agency.

(Added by Stats. 1949, Ch. 81.)

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