Special assistance arrangements

(1) The Minister may from time to time, for and on behalf of the Service, make arrangements with any person or organisation maintaining or providing fire or emergency services, and such arrangements or agreements may specify the type of assistance to be given to the Service by the person or organisation in order to protect life and property on the occurrence of any fire. (2) It shall be an implied condition of any arrangement or agreement made and entered into by the Minister pursuant to subsection (1) above that the person or organisation providing the assistance shall, when rendering the assistance on the occurrence of a fire, be under the command of the Officer-in- Charge at the scene of the fire.