N.Y. Town Law Section 184-A
Contract for water supply outside of fire districts

The town board of any town, on behalf of a fire protection district or fire alarm district situated therein, or on behalf of the area of the town outside of any village, fire district, fire protection district or fire alarm district, which area is hereinafter referred to as the “unprotected area”, may contract for a supply of water and for the furnishing, erection, maintenance, care and replacement of fire hydrants, including the erection and maintenance of markers therefor, and the removal of snow and ice to provide access thereto, for fire purposes for a period not exceeding five years. Before a contract shall be entered into pursuant to the authority given in this section, the town board shall hold a public hearing in the district or unprotected area or at such other place within the town as the town board shall designate. Notice of the hearing shall be published at least once in at least one newspaper having general circulation in the district or unprotected area, the first publication thereof to be at least ten days prior to the day specified for the hearing. The notice shall specify the time when and place where the hearing will be held, and shall describe in general terms the proposed contract. The amount of any contract that may be entered into pursuant to the provisions of this section together with all other expenses necessarily incurred or occasioned thereby, shall be assessed and levied upon the taxable real property in the district or unprotected area and collected in the same manner, at the same time and by the same officers as town taxes are assessed, levied and collected and, when collected, the amount thereof shall be paid to the supervisor of the town. The supervisor shall pay to the person, company or corporation entitled thereto the amount specified in the contract. If a fire protection district or fire alarm district shall be situated partly in each of two or more towns any action which would be taken by the town board in the case of a district situated in only one town shall be taken by the town boards of the several towns acting jointly by a majority vote of the members of each of such town boards, and the notice of public hearing required by this section shall be given by the town clerks of the several towns acting jointly.

Source: Section 184-A — Contract for water supply outside of fire districts, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/TWN/184-A (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jul. 25, 2026).

170
Establishment and extension of fire, fire alarm and fire protection districts 171
Petition and hearing 172–A
Alteration of boundaries of fire districts 172–C
Alteration of boundaries of fire protection district 172–E
Change of name of fire district 172–F
Resolution and hearing for diminution of fire district boundaries 172–G
Filing of determination 173
Filing of determination 174
Fire district officers 175
Election of fire district officers 175–A
Registration for voters 175–B
Absentee ballots for fire district elections 175–C
Notice of hearings and elections 176
Powers and duties of fire district commissioners 176–A
Duties of chief and assistant chiefs of fire department of fire district 176–B
Volunteer members of fire district fire companies 176–C
Removal of fire commissioners 176–D
Funding of fire districts 176–E
Training requirements for fire commissioners 177
Powers and duties of fire district treasurer 177–B
Powers and duties of deputy fire district treasurers 177–C
Powers and duties of the director of purchasing 178
Powers and duties of fire district secretary 178–A
Expenses incurred in attending town and county officers training school 178–B
Expenses of the association of fire districts of the state of New York 178–C
Expenses of fire district officers, officials and employees 178–D
Costs, expenses and damages a fire district charge in certain cases 179
Special district elections to vote upon appropriations 180
Actions and proceedings against fire districts 181
Annual budget and levy of taxes 181–A
Budgetary controls 181–B
Independent audit of fire districts 182
Effect of incorporation of village or city including lands within a fire district 183
Fire alarm districts 184
Fire protection districts 184–A
Contract for water supply outside of fire districts 184–C
Water supply outside of fire districts 186
Savings clause 187
Exclusion of a fire district from a water supply district 188
Use of surplus town moneys for purchase of fire apparatus for use in town fire districts 189
Fire inspection of property in contract areas
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Verified:
Jul. 25, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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