Vehicle Use Policy (Suggested)

VEHICLE USE POLICY

____________ Fire District

(These rules should be adapted to the Fire District’s own needs and finding of the Board of Fire Commissioners.)

Policy Statement

Response time to an emergency incident has been determined to be directly proportional to the success of that incident in terms of lives saved, injuries mitigated, and manpower used. Accordingly, the ________________ Fire District determines that when certain members or employees of the Fire District have their equipped fire vehicles at their immediate disposal to allow quick response from any location within the district, the response time decreases, and there is achieved a more favorable result in the terms mentioned above.

In developing this policy, the Board of Fire Commissioners weighted the cost to the taxpayers for this policy. The Board believes it is in the best interest of the lives of the taxpayers that this policy be designed to balance the cost to the taxpayers of this policy and the detrimental effects on the lives of the people that the __________ Fire District is sworn to protect.

District Owned Vehicles

District owned vehicles of the ________________ Fire District will be used according to the following rules and regulations:

District owned vehicles shall be driven only by the _________ District Chief, other Officer or member of the ___________ Fire District or ___________ Fire Department who are authorized by the Chief or Board of Fire Commissioners. (If there is a standing order on who has the vehicle and when and where, it should be here.)

District owned vehicles shall not be driven or used by members of the Chief’s family or by anyone who is not an active member of the _________ Fire District or...