N.Y. Town Law Section 189
Fire inspection of property in contract areas

The chief officer of the fire department or fire company which is to furnish fire protection service in a fire district, fire alarm district or fire protection district under a contract for fire protection entered into pursuant to the provisions of subdivision twenty-two of section one hundred seventy-six, section one hundred eighty-three or section one hundred eighty-four of this chapter may inspect (1) any public building and (2) with the consent of the owner, any privately-owned building, located within the fire district, fire alarm district or fire protection district or the portion thereof required to be protected under such contract, for fire hazards, or such chief officer may delegate such power of inspection to an officer or member of such department or company. The term “building,” as used in this section does not include a multiple dwelling which may be inspected by such fire department or company under and pursuant to the provisions of subdivision four of section three hundred three of the multiple residence law. The failure of any such officer or member to discover and properly report any such fire hazards or his or her neglect or omission to perform such duties shall not subject him or her, his or her fire department, fire company, or the city, village, fire district or town in which or of which he or she is a firefighter to any civil or other liability. Any such fire officer or member shall not be liable civilly for any act or acts done by him or her as a firefighter in the performance of such duties, except for wilful negligence or malfeasance, but the provisions of this section shall not relieve any such city, village, fire district, town, or fire company from liability, if any, for the negligent or wrongful acts of the officer or member in the actual performance of such duty.

Source: Section 189 — Fire inspection of property in contract areas, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/TWN/189 (updated Jan. 11, 2019; accessed Nov. 15, 2025).

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:
Nov. 15, 2025

Last modified:
Jan. 11, 2019

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