The trustee of a township,
with the approval of the township board, may:
- Purchase fire fighting and emergency
services apparatus and equipment for the township, provide for
the housing, care, maintenance, operation, and use of the apparatus
and equipment to extinguish fires that occur within the township
but outside the corporate boundaries of municipalities, and
employ full-time or part time fire fighters to operate the apparatus
and equipment and to provide services in that area:
- Contract with a municipality in the
township or in a contiguous township that maintains adequate
fire fighting or emergency services for the township in accordance
with IC 36-1-7;
- Cooperate with a municipality in the
township or in a contiguous township in the purchase, maintenance,
and upkeep of fire fighting or emergency service apparatus and
equipment for use in the municipality and township in accordance
with IC 36-1-7;
- Contract with a volunteer fire company
that has been organized to fight fires in the township for the
use and operation of fire fighting apparatus and equipment that
has been purchased by the township in order to save the private
and public property of the township from destruction by fire,
including use of the apparatus and equipment in an adjoining
township by the company if the company has made a contract with
the township of the adjoining township for the furnishing of
fire fighting service within the township; or
- Contract with a volunteer fire company
that maintains adequate fire fighting service.
Indiana Code: IC
36-8-13
Ambulance Services
for Bloomfield Township
LaGrange County provides
ambulance service for the residents of the county. This service
is provided in cooperation with LaGrange Community Hospital, with
ambulances stationed in LaGrange and surrounding areas of the
county.
For medical emergencies,
call: 911
Fire Protection for
Bloomfield Townshsip
Bloomfield Township contracts
with the town of LaGrange to provide fire protection services
for township residents. In turn, the town of LaGrange contracts
with the LaGrange Volunteer Fire Department to maintain and staff
the fire equipment.
Residents who require the
services of the fire department will be billed for this service,
based upon resources used (equipment and personnel) and a fee
schedule approved by the State Fire Marshall's Office.
For fire emergencies, call:
911
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