321.010. Definitions — election procedure. — 1. A "fire protection district" is a political subdivision which is organized and empowered to supply protection by any available means to persons and property against injuries and damage from fire and from hazards which do or may cause fire, and which is also empowered to render first aid for the purpose of saving lives, and to give assistance in the event of an accident or emergency of any kind. The district must consist of contiguous tracts or parcels of property containing all or parts of one or more counties, and may include within its boundaries, or may be contiguous with, any city, town or village.
2. The word "board" as used in this chapter shall mean the board of directors of a fire protection district.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all elections herein provided for shall be held and conducted and the returns thereof made, examined, and cast up in the same manner and in all respects as in elections for state and county officers.
Notes of Decisions
Wellston Fire Prot. Dist. v. State Bank & Trust Co. of Wellston, 282 S.W.2d 171 (Mo. Ct. App. 1955).
· cites it 6× “Reverting to Chapter 321, we observe that a fire protection district is one to supply protection against fire by any available means, Section 321.010; that such a district may include within its boundaries an entire city, Section 321.”
Coyne v. Edwards, 395 S.W.3d 509 (Mo. 2013).
· cites it 2× “§ 321.010, RSMo 2000. 1 Assistant Fire Chief James Conroy received Mr.”
Light v. Lang, 539 S.W.2d 795 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976).
· cites it 2× “§ 321.010(1), RSMo 1969. It has been widely held that in the absence of express statutory provision to the contrary, political subdivisions are not liable for negligent acts performed in a governmental function.”
Brandsville Fire Prot. Dist. v. Phillips, 374 S.W.3d 373 (Mo. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 4× “Appellants acknowledge that the definition of “Fire Protection District” set forth in section 321.010 states that a fire district’s purpose includes protection against “fire and hazards which do or may cause fire” and “goes on to describe other activities in which a Fire…”
Pac. Fire Prot. Dist. v. Mosley, 939 S.W.2d 467 (Mo. Ct. App. 1996).
· cites it 2× “1974); § 321.010 RSMo 1994. Fire prevention is within the police powers of the state, which powers the state may confer on a municipal corporation.”
Conner v. Herd, 429 S.W.2d 333 (Mo. Ct. App. 1968).
· cites it 3× “Section 321.010, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. (Laws of Missouri, 1965, p.”
Cmty. Fire Prot. Dist. v. Bd. of Educ., 315 S.W.2d 873 (Mo. Ct. App. 1958).
· cites it 2× “By Section 321.010 thereof a fire district is organized “to supply protection against fire by any available means.”
State v. Smith, 779 S.W.2d 241 (Mo. 1989).
“The Union Fire Protection District was incorporated pursuant to the provisions of Sections 321.010 to 321.620, RSMo 1986. In 1971, the voters of the District assented to the incorporation of the District and elected three persons to act as the District’s first Board of Directors.”
— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 321.010(1) — 2 cases
Light v. Lang, 539 S.W.2d 795 (Mo. Ct. App. 1976).
“§ 321.010(1), RSMo 1969. It has been widely held that in the absence of express statutory provision to the contrary, political subdivisions are not liable for negligent acts performed in a governmental function.”
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