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MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION (4) ~ I I MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION " . THIS AGREEMENT entered into this f..;;::;r:-~ay of , 1969~ between the CITY OF CLEARWATER, aFlorida'municipal , hereinafter referred to as "Clearwater", and the CITY of PI NELLAS PARK . a .Florida municipal corpo~ation, hereinafter referred to as " Pinellas Park ", for the purpose of securing to each municipality audits citizens the benefits of mutual aid in the 'Orotection of life and , 4 property from fire and in firefighti.?g within the corporate limits of said respective municipalities. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of One Dollar and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which lS hereby'acknowledged, and the foregoing premises and the covenants, to be performed herein by the , ' respective parties, the parties hereto cove.nant 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 furnishing sixty (60) days written notice of te~,minat~on to the other party, or as terminated as herein provided. 2. Clearwater and Pinellas Park mutually covenant and agree to provide free of charge to One another for the purpos e of fighting fires in said ' . respective municipalities, the fire fighting equipment and personnel which said requesting municipality'can reciprocally provide in return to the . 'responding municipality. 3. Upon request toa representative of the City of Clearwater Fire Department by the Fire Chief or his duly authorized representative of the City of' PinelJas P~rk' Fire Depart,ment, fire fighting equipment and personnel of the City of Clearwat~r Fire .Department will be. dispatched to any pOint within the municipal limits of the City of Pinel Jas Park as designated -1- 0, / \' I I by the Fire Chief or his duly designated representative of the City of Pinellas Park Fire Department. 4. ,Upon request to a representative of the C'j ty of Pinellas Park . Fire Depart~ent by tl:ie Fire Chief or his duly authorized representative of . , . the City of Clearwater Fi~e Department, !ire fighting equipment'.and personnel of the fitv . . of Pinella<; Park 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 DepartI?-ent. 5. Any di.spatch 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 personnel are to be dispatched, but the amount and type of equipment and the nUIn;ber of personnel to be furnished shall be d~t~rminated by the. F~re Chief or his duly authorized repr'esentative of the responding mUnicipality. b. The equipment and personnel of the respondiag 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 ~;tepartment. ,c. The responding fire department's 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 norma!ly furnishes fire protection. . .' -2- I I 6. If the fire department of the requesting municipality is not equipped and able to provide to the responding municlpality on a reciprocal basis the .~ire fighting equip~ent ancl pers.onnel. "Y~ich it ~s req~esting of the responding ~unicipality, the service and charges for said equipment and personnel shall , b~ computed in the following manner: Charge for the City of Clearwater snorkel truck or ~ny a~rialladder unit: (a) $2,000 for the first hour '0r portion thereof. (b} Plus an additional $l, 000 per hour or any portion thereof after tpe 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 $10 per mile, round tr~p, . for each piece of said equipment computed from the fire station iz:t the City of Clearwater where silid equ'ipnient is as signed to the designated place in the requesting municipality and return to the fire station in the City of Clearwater where 'said, equip~ent is assigned. . Charge for any pumpers, tank trucks or other related fi're fighting equipment which the requesting.municipality cannot furnish to t~e responding municipality: . (a) $l, 000 for the first h9~r or 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. (d) In a-ddition there will be a charge of $5 per mile, round trip, for each piece of said equipment computed from the fire statiorl; in the City of Clearwat~r 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 n:-~icipality shall withi,n thirty {30} days after re~ponding to any request, submit to the requesting municipality a written.itemized. statement of charges for the equipment and personnel ~3- , . I I 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 paidin full by the reque~ting mu."nidpality within thirty,{30} days from the ,~ate of issuance, then the responding municipality may, at its option, '. immediately terminate this agreement by. written notice of termination thereof furnished to the other ?1unicipality. 8. All equipment used by the C'ity of Clearwater Fire. Department in " carrying out this agreement will at'the time of the action hereunde,r be owned by it and all personnel acting for the City of Clearwater Fire Department unde.~ ,. . this agr'eementwill at th'e time of such action be employees of the <::learwater Fire Department: All equipment us ed by th'e City ,of', Pinel las Park 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 Pinellas Park ,Fire Department under this agreement will at the time 'of such action be employees of the PinellasPark Fire Department. 9. The responding fire departmept or municipality snaIl not be requ.:ired to answer reque'st's for assistance 'in"furnishing equipment and personnel outside the municipal limits of said City, or 'rown, 'if, within . . the discretion of the Fire Chief of said resp~ctive ~ire Department or his, duly authorized repres entative, it is determined that answering of said request for assistance will ?-nreasonably interfere with or jeopardize the fire protection ~nd sa~ety 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 te rffiS of this a~reement. " -4- " I I 5' 'I" I. : ">':'.~ "...." ,"~;..,..'il;':"":~" , . The terms and pro.vi~ions of this Agreement s1:J.all inure to -'. .and a.ssigns. .. . 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