[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR28.3]

[Page 467]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 28--FIRE PROTECTION EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 28.3  Emergency assistance.

    In the absence of a reciprocal fire protection agreement, each 
agency head may provide emergency fire protection will not jeopardize 
the property of the United States by making it impossible for the agency 
head to protect the property of the United States and such assistance is 
determined to be in the best interest of the United States. The 
providing of emergency assistance shall not be in the best interest of 
the United States and may not be granted by an agency head if:
    (a) Persons other than those currently employed by the agency at the 
time of the emergency and trained in the type of emergency assistance 
being provided would be used in the providing of the emergency 
assistance.
    (b) Assistance is provided to a place more than an hour's travel 
from where the agency maintains fire protection facilities. Assistance 
which requires more than an hour's travel may be given for those fire 
emergencies threatening to last more than 12 hours, or endangering human 
life.