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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2474 Contract Number: Vendor: Subject: Department: File Class: Begin Date: End Date: Review Date: Vault Date: Comments: 2474 KITSAP CO FIRE DISTRICT #1 Medical Response - Mutual Aid Fire LEG 12-1 04/01/1984 06/15/2010 Review date for tracking only KITSAP COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 1 10955 SILVERDALE WAY N.W. · SILVERDALE, WASHINGTON 98383 · PHONE (206)692-2551 COMMISSIONERS: FIRE CHIEF: THEODORE C. ANDERSON RICHARD E. WEST MICHAEL D. McKINLEY DARLENE McKINNON SECRETARY: OPIE PAYNE MEDICAL RESPONSE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this 16th day of April , 1984 , among and between the undersigned parties for the puspose of securing to each the benefits of mutual assistance in the preservation of human life, through advanced life support. WHEREAS, it is necessary and proper that a Mutual Aid Agreement be entered into by the undersigned for the mutual protection of life. IT IS AGREED THAT: 1. Upon request by a representative of either of the undersigned medical organizations to a representative of the other undersigned medical organizations, the medical organization receiving such request shall promptly dispatch medical equipment and personnel to any point within the agreed-upon area. 2. Any dispatch of equipment and personnel pursuant to this agreement is subject to the following conditions: a. Any request for medical aid under this agreement shall include a statement of the amount and type of equipment and number of personnel requested and shall specify the location to which the equipment and per- sonnel are to be dispatched, but the medical officer in charge of the undersigned medical organizations shall have the right to determine pri- ority for providing advance life support services under this agreement should their medical departments already be committed to emergencies within their jurisdictions. b. The responding organization shall report to the location to which the equipment and personnel are dispatched and if the medical officer in the area where such emergency occurs shall not have arrived at the scene, the medical officer of the responding organization shall be in command of the emergency until the arrival of a medical officer of the organization requesting aid and during such time shall exercise all lawful authority of such area. ~AGE 2 - MEDICAL RESPONSE, MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT C. A responding organization shall be released by the requesting organization when the services of the responding organization are no longer required or when the responding organization is needed within the area for which it normally provides medical protection. Recall of men and/or equipment may be affected by the District furnishing aid when such men and/or equipment are needed within its own District boundaries. However, such recall shall not be made without first giving notice to the officer in charge of the "home" District. 3. Each party to this agreement waives all claims against every other party to this agreement for compensation for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a consequence of the performance of this agreement. 4. No party to this agreement shall be reimbursed by any other party to this agreement for any cost incurred in the performance of this agreement unless otherwise agreed upon. 5. The signators to this agreement may agree to cooperate in setting up a move-up and dispatching procedure through their respective medical organizations. 6. The Fire Chiefs of the undersigned organizations may mutually establish areas for which mutual aid shall be accomplished. Mutual Aid shall be the auto- matic dispatch of men and equipment into the agreed upon areas upon receipt of an emergency alarm within said area. Such dispatch may be without request of the organization normally providing medical aid to the area° 7. Minimum requirements of personnel and equipment to be maintained by any party to this agreement shall be determined by the Fire Chiefs of the parties to this agreement. 8. This agreement shall become effective at the time of adoption of this agreement among and between those parties adopting it, and all prior agreements between those parties adopting this agreement shall terminate at that time. IN WITNESS THEREOF, the parties undersigned, pursuant to ordinances or resolutions duly and regularly adopted, have caused this agreement to be signed and attested by the officers shown and the corporate seal of each such party to be hereunto affixed on the day and year hereinabove first written. THIS 16th day of A0ril 19 84. KITSAP COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT #1 CITY OF BREME ON SEAL SEAL MUTUAL RESPONSE AND/OR MUTUAL AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this ~--~day of _~~__, 19~, among and between the undersigned parties for the purpose of securing to each the benefits of mutual assistance in the suppression, control and extinguishment of fire to protect life and property. WHERE, it is necessary and proper that a Mutual Response Agreement be entered into by the undersigned for the mutual protection of life and property: IT IS AGREED THAT: 1. Upon request by a representative of either of the undersigned fire organizations to a representative of the other of the undersigned fire organizations, the fire organization receiving such request shall promptly dispatch firefighting equipment and personnel to any point with- in the agreed-upon area. 2. Any dispatch of equipment and personnel pursuant to this agree- ment is subject to the following conditions: a. Any request for aid under this agreement for other than mutual response shall include a statement of the amount and type of equipment and number of personnel requested and shall specify the location to which the equipment and personnel are to be dispatched, but the fire chiefs in charge of the undersigned fire organizations shall have the right to determine priority for providing fire suppression services under this agreement should their fire departments already be committed to emergencies within their fire fighting jurisdictions or under other fire suppression agreements. b. The responding organization shall report to the officer in charge of the requesting organization at the location to which the equipment and personnel are dispatched and shall be subject to the orders of that official; provided, however, that if the chief or officer commanding fire fighting in the area where such fire occurs shall not arrived at the fire, the officer in charge of the respond- ing organization shall be in command of the fire until the arrival of the chief or officer of the organization requesting aid and during such time shall exercise all lawful authority of the chief of such area. c. The officer in charge of the responding organization may, in the exercise of his best judgement and discretion, refuse to commit men or equipment to a position which would dangerously imperil either his men or equipment. d. A responding organization shall be released by the requesting organization when the services of the responding organization are no longer required or when the responding organization is needed within the area for which it normally provides fire protec- tion. Recall of men and/or equipment may be affected by the District furnishing aid when such men and/or equipment are needed within its own District bound- aries for fire protection or fire fighting purposes; provided, however, such recall shall not be made with- out first giving no~ice to the officer in charge of the "home" District. 3. Each party to this agreement waives all claims against every other party to this agreement for any loss, damage, personal injury or death or death occuring as a consequence of the performance of this agreement. 4. No party to this agreement shall be reimbursed by any other party to this agreement for any cost incurred in the perfor- mance of this agreement unless otherwise agreed upon. 5. The signators to this agreement may agree to cooperate in setting up a move-up and dispatching procedure through their res- pective fire organizations. 6. The fire chiefs of the undersigned organizations may mutually establish areas for which mutual response shall be accom- plished. Mutual response shall.be the automatic dispatch of men and equipment into the agreed upon areas receipt of an emergency alarm within said area. Such dispatch shall be without request of the organization normally providing fire suppression to the area. See Exhibit A. 7. Minimum requirements of personnel and equipment to be maintained by any party to this agreement shall be determined by the fire chiefs of the parties to this agreement, designated as the Boards of Directors, and failure to meet these requirements by any party shall be the basis for i~ediate cancellation of this agreement by the other parties to this agreement, acting through the Board, with that party. Such non-complying party may appear before the Board for the purpose of presenting tis case at the time such action is to be taken. See Exhibit B. 8. This agreement is in lieu of all previous mutual assistance agreements among and between the parties hereto, and shall become effective at the time of adoption of this agreement among and betweea those parties so adopting it, and all prior agreements between those parties adopting this agreement shall terminate at that time. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties undersigned, pursuant to ordinances or resolutions duly and regularly adopted, have caused this agreement to be signed and attested by the officers shown and the corporate seal of each such party to be hereunto affixed on the day and year hereinabove first written. This __~_5,~day of ~' _-~.__~_, 1982. CO~I $SIONER1 (J -- N R ATTEST: CITY CLERK, KATHLEEN MANDIO