(A) A person who uses, discharges or ignites permissible consumer fireworks or anything that is designed or intended to rise into the air and explode or to detonate in the air or to fly above the ground is liable for the expenses of any emergency response that is required by such use, discharge or ignition. The fact that a person is convicted or found responsible for a violation(s) of this chapter is prima facie evidence of liability under this section.

(B) The expenses of an emergency response include all reasonable costs directly incurred by public agencies, for-profit entities or not-for-profit entities that make an appropriate emergency response to the incident. The expenses constitute a debt against the person liable for those expenses pursuant to subsection (A) of this section and may be collected proportionately by the responding agencies/entities that incurred the expenses. A person’s liability for the expense of an emergency response shall not exceed $10,000 for a single incident. The liability imposed under this section is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other liability that may be imposed. (Ord. 288 § 1, passed 11-10-2010. Code 1982 § 9-1-6(E). Code 2012 § 131.05.)