Power of the Director General to enter into arrangement for firefighting assistance.

The Director General may, with the previous sanction of the Government, enter into arrangements with any person or organization, -who employees and maintains personnel or equipment or both, for firefighting purposes, to secure, on such terms, as to payment or otherwise as may be provided by or under the arrangement, the provision by that person or organization for assistance for the purpose of dealing with fire occurring in any area in which this Act is in force.