N.Y. General Municipal Law § 209-p: Relay of fire and emergency calls

§ 209-p. Relay of fire and emergency calls. The fire department of any

city may accept any calls for aid in cases of fire or other emergencies

made to its fire headquarters from territory outside the city and may

relay such calls for aid in fires or other emergencies by such means as

may be expedient to the fire department, fire company or fire district

serving said territory. This section shall apply only to cities

participating in any legally authorized or recognized plan for

furnishing mutual aid in cases of fire and other emergencies in which

the services of firefighters would be used. Any city, village or fire

district, any town which has a town fire department, or any town board

on behalf of a fire protection district, fire alarm district or

territory outside any such municipal corporation or district, for which

aid is to be furnished, may contract with a city to accept and relay

such calls, as aforesaid, and the amounts payable under any such

contract shall be a lawful charge against and paid as contracted for by

the city, village, fire district, town which has a town fire department,

fire protection district, fire alarm district or territory outside any

such municipal corporation or district. Any city accepting and

transmitting fire calls from territory outside the city, pursuant to any

such contract, shall not be liable for any injury or death to persons or

damage to property as the result thereof, when it, in good faith,

complies with or attempts to comply with the provisions of this section.