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HomeMy WebLinkAbout000646 Original Contract City of Port Angeles Record # 000646 MASTER MUTUAL.AID AGREEMENT CI.ALLAM COUNTY,JEFFERSON COUNTY,AND KITSAP COUNTY FIRE SERVICES This agreement is entered into and between all parties who have executed this agreement as signatory parties thereto, including but not limited to Fire Districts, City and Town fire departments, and military fire departments. The express purpose of this Mutual Aid Agreement is to facilitate the provision of aid across county lines, mutually and reciprocally, within the counties of Clallam,Jefferson, and Kitsap. This agreement is entered into under the authority of Chapter 39.34 RCW, the Interiocal Cooperation Act and 42 USC 1856a. Recitals A. Each of the parties owns and maintains equipment for the suppression of fires,for the supplying of emergency medical services and other fire service special resources. Each of the parties also retains firefighting personnel who are trained to provide various levels of emergency medical services. B. In the event of a major fire, disaster,or other emergency, each of the parties will need the assistance of the other party to provide supplemental fire suppression and emergency medical service equipment and personnel. C. Each of the parties has the necessary equipment and personnel to enable it to provide such service to the other party in the event of such an emergency. D. The geographical boundaries of each parry are located in such a manner as to enable each party to render mutual aid service to the other. The parties, to carry out the purposes and functions described above and in consideration of the benefits to be received by each of the parties, agree as follows: 1. Request for Assistance. The commanding officer of the fire jurisdiction or the officer in charge of a fire unit or an emergency medical service unit at the scene of an emergency, or either party, is authorized to request assistance from the other party if confronted with an emergency situation at which the requesting party has need for equipment or personnel in excess of that available at the requesting party's fire department. 2. Response to Request. Upon receipt of such a request,the commanding officer of the party receiving the request shall immediately take the following action: A. Determine if the responding party has equipment and personnel available to respond to the requesting party and determine the nature of the equipment and number of personnel available. MASTER MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT CLALLAM COUNTY AND JEFFERSON COUNTYFIRE SERVICES 6. Determine what available equipment and what available personnel should be dispatched in accordance with the operating plans and procedures established by the parties. C. In the event the needed equipment and personnel are available,to dispatch such equipment and personnel to the scene of the emergency with proper operating instructions. D. In the event the needed equipment and personnel are not available,to immediately advise the requesting party of such fact. 3. Command Responsibility at Emergency Scene. The chief officer or senior officer of the party to which the response is made shall be in command of the operations under which the equipment and personnel sent by the responding party shall serve; provided that the responding equipment and personnel shall be under the immediate supervision of the officer in charge of the responding apparatus. 4. Termination of Service. The equipment and personnel of the responding party shall be released from service and returned to the responding district by the commanding officer in charge of the operations as soon as conditions may warrant. S. Liability. Each party agrees to assume responsibility for all liabilities that occur or arise in any way out of the performance of this agreement by its personnel only and to save and hold the other party, its employees and officials, harmless from all costs, expenses, losses and damages, including cost of defense, incurred as a result of any acts or omissions of the party's employees relating to the performance of this agreement. 6. Insurance. Each party agrees to maintain adequate insurance coverage for its own equipment and personnel. 7. Compensation. Each party agrees that it will not seek compensation for services rendered under this agreement from the other party requesting assistance except as specified in 42 USC 1856a. 8. Pre-Emergency Planning. The commanding officers of the parties shall,from time to time, mutually establish pre-emergency plans which shall indicate the types of an locations of potential problem areas where emergency assistance may be needed,the type of equipment that should be dispatched under various possible circumstances, and the number of personnel that should be dispatched under such circumstances. Such plans shall take into consideration and insure the proper protection by the responding party of its own geographical area. 9. Non-Exclusive Agreement. The parties to this agreement shall not be precluded from entering into similar agreements or first response agreements with other municipal corporations. 10. Termination. This agreement shall remain in full force and effect unless and until terminated,or until a party or parties withdraw, as follows: Page 2 of 4 MASTER MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT CLALLAM COUNTY AND JEFFERSON COUNTYFIRE SERVICES (a) Written notice shall be served by any party hereto upon the other party or parties of its intention to withdraw from the agreement. Such notice shall be served not less than thirty days prior to the withdrawal date set forth therein and a copy shall be forwarded to each party signatory hereto. Said notice shall automatically terminate the agreement as to the withdrawing party on the date set out unless rescinded .prior thereto in writing. (b) Such withdrawal shall not affect the continuation of the agreement as to any party not indicating an intention to withdraw as provided herein. (c) Withdrawal or termination shall not preclude future agreements for mutual aid between the parties. 11. Duration. The duration of this agreement shall be for one year commencing from the date of signing of not less than two counterpart originals, provided that the agreement shall be automatically continued from year to year unless terminated as provided above. 12. Equipment. The parties to this agreement do not anticipate the joint purchase of any personal property. Nothing in this agreement transfers title or ownership of any equipment or personal property used pursuant to this agreement. SIGNATURE PAGES AS NEEDED SHALL CONSTITUTE PAGE FOUR Page 3 of 4 MASTER MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT CLALLAM COUNTY AND JEFFERSON COUNTYFIRE SERVICES Agency Name: QtMI of %a-( 1� 6ax% Etsa& Chairperson of the Board/City Manager Date: C4 1 (0 Attest By: /G1G�.�IL [elk Date. Ti C. I o � C, elk --- Page 4 of 4