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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 69-25.5 (2026)

Methods of providing fire protection

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Upon the levy of such tax, the board of county commissioners shall, to the extent of the taxes collected hereunder, provide fire protection for the district -

(1) By contracting with any incorporated city or town, with any incorporated nonprofit volunteer or community fire department, or with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to furnish fire protection, or

(2) By furnishing fire protection itself if the county maintains an organized fire department, or

(3) By establishing a fire department within the district, or

(4) By utilizing any two or more of the above listed methods of furnishing fire protection. (1951, c. 820, s. 5; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(11); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(u); 2015-263, s. 36(c).)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1987–2022 · leading case: Geiger v. Guilford Coll. Cmty. Volunteer Firemen's Ass'n, 668 F. Supp. 492 (M.D.N.C. 1987).
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Geiger v. Guilford Coll. Cmty. Volunteer Firemen's Ass'n, 668 F. Supp. 492 (M.D.N.C. 1987). · cites it 3× “N.C.G.S. § 69-25.5 authorizes boards of county commissioners to provide fire protection by contracting with any incorporated nonprofit, volunteer, or community fire department.”
Minnick v. Cnty. of Currituck, 861 F. Supp. 2d 677 (E.D.N.C. 2012). · cites it 2× “The contracts governing these relationships provide that “all County employees working with the Department shall be under the direction and control of the County Manager or his designee and the Chief of EMS and/or shift supervisors.”
Luhmann v. Hoenig, 597 S.E.2d 763 (S.C. 2004). · cites it 2× “N.C.G.S. § 69-25.5(1) authorizes a board of county commissioners to provide fire protection services for a district by contracting with an incorporated nonprofit volunteer fire department.”
Knotville Volunteer Fire Dep't, Inc. v. Wilkes Cnty. & Broadway Fire Dep't, Inc., 355 S.E.2d 139 (N.C. Ct. App. 1987). “Defendant attempts to attack this contract, but G.S. 69-25.5 specifically allows county commissioners to contract with *601 an incorporated nonprofit volunteer fire department to provide fire protection.”
Providence Volunteer Fire Dep't, Inc. v. Town of Weddington (N.C. 2022). · cites it 4× “6, which appears in the same article as N.C.G.S. § 69-25.5 and provides that “[m]unicipal corporations are hereby empowered to make contracts to carry out the purposes of this Article.”
Providence Volunteer Fire Dep't, Inc. v. Town of Weddington (N.C. 2022). · cites it 4× “6, which appears in the same article as N.C.G.S. § 69-25.5 and provides that “[m]unicipal corporations are hereby empowered to make contracts to carry out the purposes of this Article.”
Providence Volunteer Fire Dep't, Inc. v. Town of Weddington (N.C. 2022). · cites it 4× “6, which appears in the same article as N.C.G.S. § 69-25.5 and provides that “[m]unicipal corporations are hereby empowered to make contracts to carry out the purposes of this Article.”
Providence Volunteer Fire Dep't, Inc. v. Town of Weddington (N.C. 2022). · cites it 4× “6, which appears in the same article as N.C.G.S. § 69-25.5 and provides that “[m]unicipal corporations are hereby empowered to make contracts to carry out the purposes of this Article.”
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Luhmann v. Hoenig, 597 S.E.2d 763 (S.C. 2004). “N.C.G.S. § 69-25.5(1) authorizes a board of county commissioners to provide fire protection services for a district by contracting with an incorporated nonprofit volunteer fire department.”
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