Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety § 7-403

Limited access to private water sources

Effective Oct 1, 2006Added by Acts 2006, c. 53, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006.State of Maryland

If no public water source is available to a fire company to supply water to extinguish a fire or mitigate an emergency incident, a fire company may enter private property to obtain water from a private water source, such as a privately owned pond, lake, river, stream, canal, cistern, or swimming pool, to extinguish the fire or otherwise mitigate the emergency incident.

Added by Acts 2006, c. 53, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006.

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