Section 656. Emergency equipment and apparatus

If, in the protection of
  human life and property, the sheriff shall deem it necessary to hire any
  equipment or apparatus together with the operator thereof, he  may  hire
  the  same  during  the  period  of  an  emergency  or  catastrophe  at a
  reasonable charge therefor. The same shall be  audited  and  paid  as  a
  county  charge in the manner prescribed by the board of supervisors, and
  in the discretion of such board, there  may  be  a  direction  that  the
  further  hiring  and payment be approved by the chairman of the board or
  of a designated committee of such board.