MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION (2)
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MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION
THIS AGREEMENT entered into this
11th'
da y of
March
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1969, benveen the CITY OF CLEARWATER, a Florida municipal corporation,
hereinafter referred to as "Clearwater", and the ~
of
LARGO
a -Florida municipal co:rpo~ation, hereinafter referred
to as II
LarQO
.., for the purpose of securing to each mu.."licipality-
and its citizens the benefits of mutual aid in the protection of life and
property from fire and in fire fighting within the corporate limits 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 premises 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. Agreernent shall be binding upon
the parties f.rom the date of the full execution of this Agreement and shall
continue in force and effect until terminated by either party after furnishing
sixty (60) days written notice of termination to the other party, or as
terminated as herein provided.
2. Clearwater and
LarQo
mutually covenant and agree to
provide free of cha;:ge to one another for the purpos e of fighting fires in said
respective municipalitfes, the fire fighting equipment and personnel which
said requesting municipality can reciprocally provide in return to the
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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
Town
of
La rgo
Fire Department, fire fighting equipment and
personnel of the City of Cleat'water Fire Department ~ill be.dispatched to any
pOint within the municipal limits of the
. Town of
LarQo
as designated
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by the Fire Chief or his duly designated representative of the Town of
Larqo
Fire Department.
4. .Upon request to a represen,tative of the . Town of
lar90
. Fire Department by tl?e Fire Chief or his duly authorized representative of
the City of Clearwater Fi~e Department, fire fighting equipment and personnel
of the Town of
Larqo
Fire Department will be dispatched to
any point within the municipal limits of the .City of Clearwater as designated
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by the Fire Chief or his duly authorized representative of the City of
C~earwater 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 equipment and number of personnel requested, and
shall specify the location to which the equip~ent and personn,el are to be
dispatched, but the amount and type of equipment and the number of personnel
to be' furnished shall be determinated by the Fire Chief or his duly authorized
repr'esentative of the responding m~icipality.
b. The equipment an,d 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
department.
. c. The responding fire department's equipment and personnel,
shall be released by the requesting fire department when the serVlces 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 fiJ,"e department qf the requesting municipality is not equipped
a.nd able to provide, to the responding municipality on a reciprocal basis the
~ire fIghting equipment and personnel. "Yhich it ~s requesting of the responding
~unicipality,the service and charges for said equipment and personnel shall
be computed in the following manner:
Charge for the City of Clearwater snorkel truck or
any a~rial ladder unit:
{a} $2,000 for the first hour 0r portion thereof.
(b} Plus an additional $1, OOg per hour or any portion
thereof after the first hour.
(c) Said time shall be computed from tpe 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.
Cd) In addition there will be a charge of $10 per'mile, round tr~p, .
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 of Clearwater where said
~quipment is assigned.
Charge for any pumpers, tank trucks or other related fire
fighting equipment which the requesting municipality cannot'
furnish to t~e responding municipality: _
(a) $1,000 for the first hou,ror portion thereof.
{b} Plus an additionaJ $500 per hour or any portion
.thereof after the first hour.
(c) Said time shall be computed from the time of dispatch
from th.e fire station where said equipment is assigned to
the time of its return to the said station in the City of Clearwater.
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Cd) In a'ddition there will be a charge of $5 per mile, round trip,
for each piece of said equipment computed from the fire statioI'l;
in the City of Clearwater where said equipment is assigned to
tl}e designated place in the requesting municipality and return
to the fire station in the City of Clearwater where said
equipment is assigned. .
7 e. The responding municipalify shall within thirty (30) days
after re~po~ding to any request, submit to the requesting municipality
a written itemized statement of charges f9r 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 mU:nicipality within thirty (30) days from the
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,~te of issuance, ,then the responding municipality may, at its option,
immediately, terminate this agreement by written notice of termination
thereo~ furnished to the other!llunicipality.
8. AU 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 of Clearwater Fire Department unde_~
this agr'eement will at th'e. time of such action be employees of the Clearwater
Fire Department: All equipment us ed by the
Town
of, Largo
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
Town
of
'Lar90
Fire Department under this agreement will at the time
of such action be employees of the
Larqo
Fire Department.
9, The responding fire departme,nt or municipality snall not be
requ.ired to answer, reque'sts for assistance 'in-furnishing equipment and
personnel outside the municipalliffiits of- said City or Town, if, within
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the discr,et~on of the Fire Chief of said respective Fire Department or his
duly authorized repres entative, it is determined that answering of said 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
. respondin.g municipality.
10. This contract shall in no event confer upon any person, property
owner or any mJnicipality the right of damages against the responding
municipality for operation or failure to operate hereunder in accordance
with the'terms of this a~reement.
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11. The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall inure to
and be bin?-ing upon the parties liereto, their successors and assigns.
ER, FLORIDA
~42s to ,d:::rectness:
CityAttor~ -- .
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M yor H.D. Powell. " ' .
Attest&f7,l/oII /
Towo ~anager Carl G. Eckl unct
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