Mutual Aid Response Agreement ED, IL and City of DBQ - signed agreementMUTUAL AID RESPONSE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE CITY OF EAST DUBUQUE, ILLINOIS
AND
THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
This Agreement is entered into this/ day of - 4 - , 2002, by and
between the City of East Dubuque, Illinois (East D que . d the City of Dubuque,
Iowa (Dubuque).
WHEREAS, East Dubuque and Dubuque recognize the necessity for nearby
cities to cooperate and work together; and
WHEREAS, East Dubuque and Dubuque desire to mutually agree to provide for
mutual aid assistance by their respective fire departments, and to provide for an
organized way of resolving concerns and questions between the cities.
NOW, THEREFORE IT IS AGREED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Definitions: As used herein:
a. "Requesting party" shall mean the fire department requesting aid.
b. "Responding party" shall mean the fire department affording or responding to a call
for aid.
c. "Emergency scene" shall mean a mass casualty incident, a unit breakdown, or the
exhaustion of equipment or personnel.
SECTION 2. Mutual Aid Agreement
East Dubuque and Dubuque mutually agree to provide backup or additional
ambulance service to each other when the emergency ambulance unit(s) of one of the
parties for any reason is unable to respond to a request for ambulance service or if
additional personnel or ambulances are needed at an emergency scene.
SECTION 3. Authority to Respond to Provide Assistance
The authority to make a request for assistance or to provide aid under this
Agreement shall reside in the party's command personnel or the command personnel's
designee. For purposes of this Agreement, command personnel for the requesting
party shall mean the incident commander or the incident commander's designee asking
for assistance and command personnel for the responding party shall mean an officer or
supervisor or the officer or supervisor's designee sending assistance.
Either party shall have the right to request assistance from the other subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
SECTION 4. Requesting Assistance
A party may request assistance from the other when the requesting party has
concluded that such assistance is essential to protect life.
SECTION 5. Response to Request
Upon request, the responding party, upon its determination that an emergency
situation exists and subject to the availability of personnel and equipment, shall dispatch
emergency medical serviced (EMS) personnel and equipment to aid the requesting
party.
SECTION 6. Personnel and Equipment Provided
The requesting party shall include in its request for assistance the amount and
type of equipment requested and shall specify the location where the personnel and
equipment are needed.
The final decision as to the number and the amount and type of equipment to be
provided shall be solely that of the responding party.
Each party releases the other from any liability in connection with any act arising
out of the good faith performance of this Agreement. Neither party shall make any claim
whatsoever against the other for failure or refusal to respond to a request where such
failure or refusal is based on the judgement of the responding party that such personnel
and equipment are either not available or are needed to provide service in the party's
own response area.
SECTION 7. Command at Emergency Scene
The responding party's personnel and equipment shall report to the incident
commander of the requesting party. The person in charge of the responding party shall
meet with the incident commander of the requesting party for a briefing and instructions.
The person in charge of the responding party shall retain control and supervision
of the responding party's equipment and personnel and shall direct such personnel and
equipment to meet the needs and tasks assigned by the incident commander.
The responding party's personnel and equipment shall be released by the
requesting party when the services of the responding party are no longer required or
when the responding party's personnel and/or equipment are needed in the responding
party's primary response area. Responding party personnel and equipment may
withdraw from the EMS scene upon giving notice to the incident commander that they
are needed in their primary response area.
The parties agree that the purpose of this section is to maintain order at the EMS
scene and this section shall not be construed to establish an employer -employee
relationship.
SECTION 8. No Reimbursement for Costs
Neither party shall be required to reimburse the other for the cost of providing
any of the services set forth in this Agreement. Each party shall pay its own costs,
including but not limited to salaries, repairs, materials, compensation, in responding to a
request for mutual aid.
SECTION 9. Liability
Each party hereby waives all claims against the other for any property loss or
damage or personal injury or death arising out of this Agreement.
Each party shall bear its own liability and/or cost of damage to such party's
equipment or the death of or injury to such party's personnel arising out of this
Agreement.
SECTION 10. Term of Agreement
This Agreement shall be in full force and effect upon execution by both parties
and shall continue until terminated by either party by giving thirty (30) days written
notice to the other. This Agreement may be amended only by written agreement of both
parties.
City of East1Iubuqu
el, City Manager
City i'IgYt Dubuque, IL
Attest:j%Liii./'
Nancy Roepklel City Clerk
Dubuqu- owa
rrance M. Duggan, ►' .; or
ity of Dubuque, Io
Attes�����
Jea Schneider, City Clerk
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