59A-53-4: Criteria for determination of needs; municipal fire department.

A. In making the determination of needs pursuant to Section 59A-53-3 NMSA 1978, the marshal shall first determine that each municipality to be certified has maintained an official fire department created by and regulated in accordance with a duly enacted ordinance for a period of at least one year prior to the date of certification and possesses fire equipment and apparatus in serviceable condition to respond to a fire incident. The marshal shall also determine the number of fire stations and substations to be certified and shall certify to the state treasurer the amount to be distributed to each municipality for the purpose of maintaining each fire station and each substation, if any, that meets the requirements of the marshal and the requirements of this section. Unless adjusted pursuant to Section 59A-53-5.1 NMSA 1978, the amounts distributed in a fiscal year for a class insurance rating shall equal the following:

class main station substation

number 1 $ 82,592 $ 30,606

number 2 77,086 28,780

number 3 70,919 26,724

number 4 64,751 24,667

number 5 61,667 22,612

number 6 58,584 20,555

number 7 55,501 19,530

number 8 52,418 18,502

number 9 39,058 15,425

number 10 34,944 none.

B. Any municipality may permit its fire department to service an area adjacent and contiguous to its corporate limits but within the corporate limits of another municipality or a county; provided that the other municipality or county by resolution or law duly adopted or enacted consents to the service and to the boundaries of the other area serviced. Before commencement of service, a plat showing the geographic limits and boundaries of the additional area to be serviced shall be filed with and approved by the marshal. A municipality may apply for fire protection fund eligibility for any fire station located within the additional area to be serviced.

C. Any municipality may apply for fire protection fund eligibility for a fire station located at a municipally owned airport, whether located outside or within its corporate limits.