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AGREEMENT FOR AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE OF
FIRE SERVICES
Between
THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA, THE CITY OF ARCADIA, THE
CITY OF BURBANK, THE CITY OF GLENDALE, THE CITY
OF MONROVIA, THE CITY OF MONTEREY PARK, THE
CITY OF PASADENA, THE CITY OF SAN GABRIEL, THE
CITY OF SAN MARINO, CITY OF SIERRA MADRE, AND
THE CITY OF SOUTH PASADENA
THIS AGREEMENT is, made and entered into this a2 $th day of dune 2006 by
and between the CITY OF ALHAMBRA, the CITY OF ARCADIA, the CITY OF
BURBANK, the CITY OF GLENDALE, the CITY OF MONROVIA, the CITY OF
MONTEREY PARK, the CITY OF PASADENA, the CITY OF SAN GABRIEL, the CITY
OF SAN MARINO, the CITY OF SIERRA MADRE and the CITY OF SOUTH
PASADENA (collectively hereinafter referred to as "CITIES ").
WHEREAS, the CITIES operate independent fire departments within the County of Los
Angeles by providing fire, rescue and emergency medical services within their
respective jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, the CITIES, pursuant to Title 19, Division 2 of the State's Code of
Regulations, are considered by the State of California Office of Emergency Services to
constitute Operational Area C of Los Angeles County, one of five counties comprising
Region I of the statewide emergency response system; and
WHEREAS, the CITIES have found it to be of mutual benefit if the services of each fire
department are in some limited and predefined circumstances extended outside of the
limits of each jurisdiction into the boundaries of the other; and
WHEREAS, the CITIES have operated with both automatic and mutual aid agreements
for several decades in an effort to assist departments and their respective communities;
and
WHEREAS, it is necessary and desirable that CITIES coordinate efforts for the
provision of automatic aid on an area -wide basis and for purposes of this Agreement,
Automatic Aid shall mean assistance dispatched automatically by contractual
agreement without request and Mutual Aid shall mean aid provided to another agency
upon request.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the covenants contained herein, the
CITIES hereby agree as follows:
Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to provide for cooperation in the
suppression of fires and protection of life and property within Area C by
cooperative planning, training and related activity.
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2. Duration of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution of this Agreement by the City Managers of at least two cities and shall
automatically renew itself from year to year thereafter, until terminated. Any party
may terminate its participation in the Agreement at any time by giving written
notice to the other parties at least sixty (60) days prior to the date of termination.
The Agreement shall remain in effect with respect to the remaining parties until
and unless all of the parties to the Agreement terminate their participation.
3. Administration. For purposes of liaison and the administration of this
Agreement, the Fire Chief of each City party to this Agreement, or his /her
designee, is designated as its representative, and collectively, they shall be
responsible for administration of this Agreement.
4. Response Area. This Agreement is entered into in an to attempt to create an
automatic aid process where responses to incidents are made by the closest and
most appropriate fire resource, even where the service response area is not
included within the individual agency's jurisdictional boundary. CITIES agree to
respond to any reported fire incident with appropriate apparatus into the
jurisdiction of any other City party to this Agreement. Said responses shall not
require any specific request but shall be automatic upon dispatch by the Verdugo
Fire Communications Center which shall generally follow the dispatch parameters
as determined in advance.
5. Exception for Sierra Madre. The City of Sierra Madre covers approximately 3
square miles of the 126 square mile area of Area C. As the only all- volunteer fire
department in Los Angeles County, Sierra Madre Fire Department will not be
dispatched outside its jurisdiction to provide automatic aid when fires occur in
nearby cities, but will provide mutual aid as requested. Under mutual aid, other
fire agencies may respond into Sierra Madre when additional resources are
requested.
6. Provision of Services. The Fire Chiefs or their designees shall determine and
agree upon the capabilities of each agency to respond to incidents requiring
special equipment. The specific details of the service to be provided under this
Agreement and the general operational policies, including, but not limited to,
response areas and types of equipment, operational command, incident reports,
dispatch and communications, training, response maps and pre - plans, and
evaluation of effectiveness shall be determined by the Fire Chiefs or their
designees.
7. Costs and Reimbursements. The services provided by each party pursuant to
this Agreement shall be provided at no cost to any other party. In the event a
state or federal emergency is declared, this Agreement shall not constitute a
waiver of the rights of the respective parties to claim state and /or federal
reimbursement.
Priorities of Response. The CITIES understand and agree that a responding
agency's response to a request for aid shall depend upon any existing emergency
conditions within its own jurisdiction and the availability of its resources.
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9. Indemnity. Notwithstanding the provisions of Government Code 895.2, each
party shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the other party and its officers,
agents, employees and representatives from any and all losses, liability,
damages, claims, suits, actions and administrative proceedings, and demands
and all expenditures and costs relating to acts or omissions of the indemnitor, its
officers, agents or employees arising out of or incidental to the performance of
any of the provisions of this Agreement. No party assumes liability for the acts or
omissions of persons other than each party's respective officers, agents or
employees.
10. Liability Insurance. Each party shall maintain, during the life of this Agreement,
a policy of liability insurance naming the CITIES as an additional insured party in
the amount of $1,000,000.00 per occurrence with aggregate liability coverage of
$2,000,000.00. In the alternative, a party may self- insure in accordance with the
above referenced liability amounts.
11. Waiver. By entering this Agreement, no party waives any of the immunities
provided by the Government Code or other applicable provisions of law. This
Agreement is not intended to confer any legal rights or benefits on any person or
entity other than the parties of this Agreement.
12. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
unanimous agreement of the Parties.
13. Parties Operate Independently. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be
construed to make any party hereto or any of its officers, agents or employees
the officer, agent or employee of any other party. Employees of any party
performing services in accordance with this Agreement shall remain employees of
that party for the purposes of workers' compensation and no other party shall
have liability for injury to an employee of another party.
14. Notification. All notices herein required shall be in writing and delivered in
person or sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Fire Chief.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed and attested to by the proper officers hereunder duly authorized, their official
seals to be heretofore affixed. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts.
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Date:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM THIS
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CITY OF ARCADIA
By:
City Manager
(SEAL)
a-7 yday of t=`LttiC ,, 2006.
City Attorney
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