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MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION (7) ..' I I ~l~~HYt~ JAN02197 MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION ' 9 CITY of LARGO .. EIRE DFp T TInS AGREEMENT, entered into this L -61.... day of &..c+~br'''' 1977; . I between the CITY OF LARGO, FLORIDA, a municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as "Largo", and the CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, a municipal corporation, or a private fire company or fire district, hereinafter referred to as "Clearwater", for the purpose of securing to each municipality or fire company or fire district, and its citizens the benefits of mutual aid in the protection of life and property from fire and in firefighting within the corporate limits of the respective municipalities and the entire fire district established by County Ordinance 74-297. NOW, THEREFORE, in 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 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 termination by either party after furnishing sixty (60) days written notice of termination to the other party, or as terminated as herein provided. 2. Largo and Clearwater mutually covenant and agree to provide free of charge to one another for the purpose of fighting fire, or other emergencies, in said respective municipalities and their fire districts, the firefighting equipment and personnel which said requesting agency can reciprocally provide in return to the responding agency. 3. Uperu request to a representative of the City of Largo Fire Depart- ment by the City of Clearwater Fire Chief or his duly authorized representative, firefighting and/or rescue equipment manned by personnel of the City of Largo Fire Department will be dispatched to any point designated in the municipal limits, or fire district of the City of Clearwater. 00 ",1-) (j,::) ~ I , 4. Upon request to a representative of the City of Clearwater Fire Department by the City of Largo Fire Chief or his duly authorized repre- sentative, firefighting and/or rescue equipment manned by personnel of the City of Clearwater Fire Department will be dispatched to any point designated in the municipal limits, or fire district of the City of Largo. 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 equipment and personnel are to be dispatched, but the amount and type of equipment and the number of personnel to be furnished shall be determined 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 reque sting 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 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 and rescue service. 6. The municipalities or agency providing services shall assume all costs of their own operations in providing mutual aid and as sistance and shall provide complete personnel coverage for benefits as normally provided within their own municipality or fire areas. 7. No financial charges will be made by either municipality or agency for mutual aid services provided to the other municipality or agency. -2- ,~ . 10 f I I 8. All equipment used by the responding fire department in carrying out this Agreement shall at the time of such action be owned by said department, and all personnel manning responding equipment shall at the time be employees of responding municipality or agency. 9. The responding fire department, municipality, private fire company, or fire district shall not be required to answer requests for assistance in furnishing equipment and personnel outside the municipal limits or boundaries of the responding agency if, within the discretion of the Fire Chief of said respective fire department, municipality, private fire company, or fire district, or his duly authorized representative, it is determined that the response or 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 or fire district of the responding municipality. 10. This contract shall in no event confer upon any person, property owner, or any municipality the right of damage s against the re sponding municipality, private fire company or fire district, for operation or failure to operate hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 11. The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall inure to and be binding upon the parties hereto, their successors and assigns. ; tersigned: Wt.r. y z/l, CITY ~RGO~, ~F~LOID IDAA By C~~ City Manager Attest: correctness: ~ ~ City Clerk Countersigned: ~~~ ""'Mayor-CommissionEfJ! , .. -3- .....--...,~l.