Government Code section 55604

When the contract has been made, the county firewarden, his deputies, and assistants may exercise the same powers and duties within the local agency as are conferred upon officers charged with the duty of preventing and suppressing fires by State and local law within such county or local agency.

Source: Section 55604, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=55604. (updated Jan. 1, 1949; accessed Jun. 16, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/government_code_section_55604

Original Source: Section 55604, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=55604. (last accessed May 12, 2025).