MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION (5)
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MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION
THIS AGREEMENT entered into this ~:r~ay of ~~,
1969, between the CITY OF CLEAR WATER, a Florida municipal corporation,
hereinafter referred to as "Clearwater", and the
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of
DUNED I N
, a Florida municipal corporation, hereinafter referred
to as "
Duned i n
", for the purpose of securing to each municipality
and its citizens the benefits of rnutual aid in the protection of life and
property from fire and in fire fighting within the corporate lim:itE of said
respective municipalities .
NOW, THEREFORE, m consideration of One Dollar and other good
and valuable consideration, receipt of which IS hereby acknowledged, and
the foregoing premis es and the covenants to be performed herein by the
respective parties, the parties hereto ,covenant and agree as follows:
1. The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon
the parties from the date of the full execution of this Agreement and shall
continue in force and effect until terminated by either party after fUl"nishing
sixty (60) days written notice of termination to the other party, or as
terminated as herein provided.
2. Clearwater and
Dunedin
mutually covenant and agree to
provide free of charge to one another for the purpose of fighting fires in said
respective municipalities, the fire fighting equipment and personnel which
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said requesting municipality can reciprocally provide in return to the
responding municipality.
3. Upon request to a representative of the City of Clearwater Fire
Department by the Fire Chief or his duly authorized representative of the
City
of
Dunedin
Fire Department, fire fighting equipment and
personnel of the City of Clearwater Fire Department will be dispatched to any
POint within the municipal limits of the
City
of
Dunedin
as designated
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by the Fire Chief or his duly designated representative of the
City
of
Dunedin
Fire Departn"lent.
4. Upon request to a representative of the
City
of
Dunedin
Fire Department by the Fire Chief or his duly authorized representative of
the City of Clearwater Fire Department, fire fighting equipment and personnel
of the
City of
Dunedin
Fire Department will be dispatched to
any point within the municipal limits of the City of Clearwater as designated
by the Fire Chief or his duly authorized representative of the City of
Clearwater'Fire Department.
5. Any dispatch of said equipment and personnel pursuant to this
Agreement is subject to the following conditions and terms:
a. Any request for aid hereunder shall include a statement of
the amount and type of equiplnent and num,ber of personnel requested, and
shall specify the location to which the equipment and personnel are to be
dispatched, but the amount and type of equipment and the number of personnel
to be furnished shall be deterrninated by the Fire Chief or his duly authorized
representative of the responding municipality.
b. The equipment and personnel of the responding fire department
shall report to the officer in charge of the requesting fire department at the
location to which the equipment is dispatched and all such equipment shall be
manned, operated and supervised by the personnel of the responding fire
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department.
c. The responding fire department1s equipment and personnel
shall be released by the requesting fire department when the services of
the responding fire department are no longer required or when the equipment
and personnel of the responding fire department are needed within the area
for which it normally furnishes fire protection.
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6. If the fire department of the reques ting municipality is not equipped
and able to provide to the responding nlUnicipality on a reciprocal basis the
fire fighting equipment and personnel which it is requesting of the responding
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municipality, the seryice and charges for said equipment and personnel shall
be computed in the following manner:
Charge for the City of Clearwater snorkel truck or
any aerial ladder unit:
(a) $2,000 for the first hour or portion thereof.
{b} Plus an additional $l, 000 per hour or any portion
,thereof after the first hour.
(c) Said time shall be computed from the time of dispatch
from the fire station where said equipment is assigned to
the time of its, return to the said station in the City of Clearwater.
(d) In addition there will be a charge of $lO per mile, round trip,
for each piece of said equipment computed from the fire station
in the City of Clearwater where said equipment is as signed to
the designated place in the requesting municipality and return
to the fire station in the City 0f Clearwater where said
equipment is assign.ed.
Charge for any pumpers, tank trucks or other related fire
fighting equipment which the requesting municipality cannot
furnish to the responding municipC\.lity:
(a) $l, 000 for the first hour or portion thereof.
(b) Plus an additional $500 per hour or any portion
thereof after the first hour.
(c) Said time shall be computed from the time of dispatch
from the fire station where said equipment is assigned to
the time of its return to the said station in the City of Clearwater.
{d} In addition there will be a charge of $5 per mile, round trip,
for each piece of said equipment computed from the fire station
in the City of Clearwater where said equipment is assigned to
the designated place in the requesting municipality and return
to the fire station in the City of Clearwater where said
equipment is assigned.
7. The responding municipality shall within thirty {30} days
after responding to any request, submit to the requesting municipality
a written itemized statement of charges for the equipment and personnel
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furnished by it, which charges shall be due and payable in full within thirty
(30) days 'from the date of said statement. If said statement of charges is not
paid in full by the requesting municipality within thirty (30) days from the
date of issuance, then the responding municipality may, at its option,
immediately terminate this agreement by written notice of termination
thereof furnished to the other municipality.
8. All equipment used by the City of Clearwater Fire Department in
carrying out this agreement will at the time of the action hereunder be owned
by it and ,all personnel acting for the City oJ Clearwater Fire Department under
this agreement will at the time of such action be employees of the Clearwater
Fire Department. All equipment used by the
C i tv of
Dunedin
Fire Department in carrying out this agreement will at the time of the
action hereunder be owned by it and all personnel acting for the Ci ty
of
Dunedin
Fire Department under this agreement will at the time
of such action be employees of the
Duned in
Fire Department.
9. The responding fire department or municipality shall not be
required to answer requests for assistance in furnishing equipment and
personnel outside the municipal limits of said City or Town, if, within
the discretion of the Fire Chief of said respective Fire Department or his
duly authorized repres entative, it is determined that answering of ~aid request.
for assistance will unreasonably interfere with or jeopardize the fire protection
and safety of the citizens and property within the corporate limits of the
responding municipality.
10. This contract shall in no event confer upon any person, property
oWner or any municipality the right of damages against the responding
municipality for operation or failure to operate hereunder in accordance
with the terms of this agreement.
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11. The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall inure to
and be binding upon the parties hereto, their successors and assigns.
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As to City of Clearwater
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Mayor- mmissioner
Approved as to form & correctness:
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Witnesses:
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As' to "tyof Duned in"
Attest:
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City Manager '.
BY
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City Clerk
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