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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def fire_event(self, event, timeout):
 """Fire an event for this source. in event of type :class:`IEvent` Event to deliver. in timeout of type int Maximum time to wait for event processing (if event is waitable), in ms; 0 = no wait, -1 = indefinite wait. return result of type bool true if an event was delivered to all targets, or is non-waitable. """

        if not isinstance(event, IEvent):
            raise TypeError("event can only be an instance of type IEvent")
        if not isinstance(timeout, baseinteger):
            raise TypeError("timeout can only be an instance of type baseinteger")
        result = self._call("fireEvent",
                     in_p=[event, timeout])
        return result