{"data":{"id":"us-mt/7-33-4101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"7-33-4101","heading":"Fire protection services.","body":"(1) Every city and town shall provide for fire protection in a manner that is organized, managed, and controlled as provided in this chapter.\n(2) (a) Except as provided in 7-33-4115(6), a first-class city or town shall provide fire protection services as provided in this part.\n(b) A second-class city or town may provide fire protection services as provided in this part:\n(i) through an interlocal agreement with another governmental fire protection provider under the provisions of Title 7, chapter 11, part 1;\n(ii) through a contract with another fire protection provider; or\n(iii) subject to 7-33-4115, annexing to a rural fire district established under Title 7, chapter 33, part 21.\n(c) A third-class city or town may provide fire protection through a contract for fire protection services, consolidation of its fire department with another fire protection provider, or inclusion in a rural fire district as provided in Title 7, chapter 33, part 21.","path":["TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 33. FIRE PROTECTION","Part 41. Municipal Fire Departments"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0070/chapter_0330/part_0410/section_0010/0070-0330-0410-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:45:56Z","sha256":"931bd37c27b629089a3e5f96b8ee80550ca34859dbfbf5cb924fe5838e899c7d","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/7-33-2405","next":"us-mt/7-33-4102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}