Section 39-34-101 - Arbitration between firefighters and public employers(1) This section applies only to firefighters and their public employers.(2) If an impasse is reached in the course of collective bargaining between a public employer and a firefighters' organization or its exclusive representative and if the procedures for mediation and factfinding in 39-31-307 through 39-31-310 have been exhausted, either party or both jointly may petition the board of personnel appeals for final and binding arbitration.En. Sec. 1, Ch. 472, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 165, Ch. 575, L. 1981.