(1) The Director or any officer duly authorised by him may order the standby of a fire unit or an ambulance at exhibitions, fairs, carnivals and such other gatherings where fire risks are involved provided it is not detrimental to the efficiency of the Force and to normal fire protection of the place to which the fire unit is attached.
(2) The following fees shall be payable by the person or authority at whose request such standby work is undertaken by the Force, namely:
i. For public functions such as exhibitions, fairs, carnivals, conferences and such other gatherings which are not run for profit or where profits earned, if any, are used for charitable or philanthropic purposes.
ii. For public functions such as exhibitions, fairs, carnivals, conferences and such other gatherings which are run for profit and marriages and other functions.
iii. If during the period of stand-by duty, any pumping work is done at the request of the concerned person or authority, the fees at the rates mentioned in sub-rule (6) shall be collected for the entire period of absence of the unit from its Fire Station
(3) Before taking up any work for standby duty for any private party or local authority, the party concerned shall be informed of the estimated fees calculated at the prescribed rates payable for the work, and fees so calculated shall be collected in advance. If it is found, after completion of the work that the amount deposited by the paid party exceeds the amount payable by the paid party according to the prescribed rates, the difference shall be refunded to the said party under proper acknowledgement.
(4) Before taking up any standby duty for any department of Government the estimate calculated at the prescribed rates payable for the work shall be intimated to that department and the work shall be undertaken only after that department agrees to pay the prescribed fees. After completion of the work a bill shall be sent to that department for sanctioning payment thereof by book adjustment to the appropriate head.
(5) The Director or an officer duly authorised by him may order pumping work on the request by a department of Government, a local authority or a private party without detriment to the efficiency of the Force.
(6) Fees at the following rates shall be payable by the person or authority at whose request the pumping work is undertaken by the Force, namely:
(a) Hiring charges at the rate of rupees fifteen per hour or part thereof subject to a limit of rupees one hundred and fifty per day of twenty four hours.
(b) Charges at the rate of seventy-five paise per kilometer per motor vehicle or other means of transport used in connection with the pumping work.
(c) The procedure laid down in sub-rules (3) and (4) shall apply to the collection of fees for the pumping work also.
FORM (See Rule 3) CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT UNER SECTION 7 (1) OF THE MYSORE FIRE FORCE ACT, 1964.
STATE OF MYSORE.
No.........
Shri.................... has been appointed as.............and is invested with the powers, functions and privileges of a member of the Fire Force under the Mysore Fire Force Act, 1964 (Mysore Act No.42 of 1964).
Signature............
Designation........
Seal Particulars:
1. Father's name........
2. Native Place........
3. Age.............
4. Length of previous service, if any........
Photograph to be affixed in the case of Sub-Officers and Assistant Sub- Officers,