MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION (6)
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MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION
" THIS AGREEMENT entered into this
.12 th
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June
1969, between the CITY OF CLEARWATER, a Floridamunidpal corporation,
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, hereinafter r~ferred to as "Clearwater", and the
ToWn
of
Belleair
, a .Florida mun~cipal corpoJ;ation, hereinafter referred
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to as" Bellea,ir
", for the purpose of securing to each municipality
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, 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
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respective parties, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. The terms and ,provisions of this, Agreement shall be binding upon
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the parties :&rom the date of the ful,l execution of this Agreement and shall
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continue in force and effect until terminated by either party after furnishing
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sixty (60) days written notice of termination to the other party, or as
terminated as herein prov'ided.
2.< Clearwater and BeJ.leair
tnutually covenant and agree to
provide free of cha;:ge to one another for the purpos e of fighting fires in said
respective municipaliti"es. the fire fighting equipment and personnel which
said requesting municipality can reciprocally provide m 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 a~thorized representative of the
Town
of
Belleair
Fire Department, fire fighting equipment and
per.son.nel of the City of Cleanvater Fire Department v:-ill be. dispatched to a.n.y
POint within the municipal limits of the Town
of Belleair
as designated
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by the Fire Chief or his duly designated representative of the Town of
Fire Department.
4. , .Upon request to a represen,tative of the Town
'of
Belleair
'Fire Depart~ent by tl?e Fire Chi~f or his duly authorized representative of
the City of Clearwater Fi~e Department, fire fighting equipment and personnel
of the Town of
Belleair .
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" autho~ized 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:
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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 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
<;lepartment.
. c. The responding fire department's equipment and personnel.
shall be released by the requesting ~ire 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 fiJ,"e department qf the requesting municipality is not equipped
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responding municipality On a reciprocal basis the
~ir~ fighting equipment and pers'onnelo"YhiCh it js req~esting of the responding
municipality, 'the service and charges for said equipment and personnel shall
be computed in the following manner:
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Charge for the City of Clearwater snorkel truck or
any a~rial ladder unit:
(a) $2,000 for the first hour 0r portion thereof.
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(b~ Plus an additional $1, OOG per hour or any portion
thereof after the first hour.
(c) Said tim.e shall be computed from tpe time of dispatch
from the fire station where said equipment is assigned to
the time of its. return to the said station in the City of Clearwater.
(d) In addition there will be a charge of$lO per'mile, round tr~p, .
for each piece of said equipment computed from the fire station
in the City of Clearwater where s;3.id equipment is assigned to
the designated place in the requesting municipality and return
to the' fire station in the City of C'learwater where said
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~quip:rt:lent is'. assigned.
Charge for ~ny 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 ho~'r 'or portion thereof.
(~.> Plus an' additionaJ $500 per hou~ or any portion
"thereof after the first hour.
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(c) Said tin1e shall be computed ~rom the time of dispatch
from th.e fire. station where said equipment is ass igned to
the time of its return to the said .station in the City of Clearwater.
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(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 statior:
in the City of Clearwater where said equipment is assigned to
t}:e 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 re?po~ding to any request, submit to the requestingmunicipality
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a written'itemized,statement of charges fpr the equipment and personnel,
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furnished by it, which charges shall be due and payable infull within thirty
(30) days from the date of said statement. If ~aid statement of charges is not
paid in full by the requesting municipality withinthirty (30) days from the
, ....: ~ate of issuance, ,then the responding nlunicipality ~ay, at its option,
immediately- terminate this agreement by written notice of termination
thereo~ furnished to the other ~unicipality.
8. All equipment used by the City of Clearwater Fire Department in
carrying out this agreement, will at .the time of the acti~nhereunder be owned
by it and all personnel acting for the City of Clearwater Fire Department unde,:
this agr'ee~ent will at th'e_ time of such action be employees of the Clearwater
Fire Department~ All equipment us ed by the Town
of, Belleair
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
Bel.leair
.Fire Department under this' agreement v.:ill at the time
. of such action be employees of the
Belleair Fire Department.
9. The responding fire depa!tmept or municipality snaIl not be
requ.ired to answer, reque'st's for assistance 'in 'furnishing equipment and
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personnel outside the municipallirhits of' said City or Town, if, within
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the discretion of the Fire Chief of said respective Fire Department or his.
duly authorized representative, it is determined that answering of said request
for assistance will-;lnreasonably 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. This Agreement specifically does not include. fire service to
the Belleview Biltmore Hotel or ,the adjacent structures located on the
Belleview Biltmore Hotel property.
12. The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall inure to
and be binding upon the parties hereto, their successors and assigns.
Approved as to form
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City Attorney ,
Witnesses:
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to Town of Belleair
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City Manag,e-:c".'
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Mayor
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Town Clerk
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