Terms Used In Indiana Code 36-8-17.5-3

  • fire department: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-8-17-2. See Indiana Code 36-8-17.5-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • pre-planning inspection: means an inspection of a Class 1 structure (as defined in IC 22-12-1-4) in a place or public way performed by the fire department to determine firefighting strategies necessary to minimize the hazard to firefighters responding to any fire or explosion at the structure, including:

    Indiana Code 36-8-17.5-2

   Sec. 3. A fire department may make a pre-planning inspection of every place and public way within the jurisdiction of the political subdivision that the fire department serves, except the interiors of private dwellings, for the purpose of advising the fire department on issues affecting a fire suppression response.

As added by P.L.20-1999, SEC.1.