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57R-3885 - RESOLUTION NO. 3885 ^~ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR MUTUAL AID FIRE PROTECTION BETWEEN THE CITY OF ANAHEIM .AND COUNTY OF ORANGE, ALL COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS, AND '!HE CITIES OF GARDEN GROVE, FULLERTON, BUENA PARK, BREl, COSTA 'MESA, HUNTINGTON'BEACH, Ll HABIlA, NEW- PORT BEACH, OIlANGE, PLACENTIA, SAN CLEMENTE, SANTA AHA, SEAL BEACH, TUSTIN, AND LlGUNl BEACH; AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION THEREOF. IHEREAS, the Cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove, Fallerton, Buena P~rk, Brea, Costa lIe8a, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, La Habra, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, San Clemente, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, and Tustin, and the County of Orange, all _intain and operate fire protection orp.ni- zations in their respective Cities and in the case of the County, through- out the unincorporated area, all within Orange County, California; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of said Cities and said Count1 of Orange and all County Fire Protection Districts to render aid, each to the other, to combat the effect of fire when such aid is necessary; and WHEREAS, said Cities, County and County Fire Protection Districts desire to enter into an agreement for mutual aid fire protection pursuant to the provisions of the -Joint Exercise of Power Act- (Gov. Code Sec. 6500 -6547 and H. & S. C. Div. 12, Pt. 1, Ch. 2, Sec. 13050, 13051 and 13052). NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City COUD.cil of the Cit;r of Anaheim that the proposed -Agreement for lIutual Aid Fire Protection,- a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, to be made and entered into by and between the City of Anaheim, the County of Orange, All County Fire Protection Districts and the Cities of Garden Grove, Fallerton, Buena Park, Brea, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Laguna BeaCh, La Habra, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, San Clemente, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, and Tustin, to furnish fire protection personnel, equipment, materials and supplie..) and to render such fire protection services to each other as may be necessary to suppress fire of a magnitude beyond the control of a aingle party, upon the terms and conditions therein set forth, be and the salle is hereby, approved; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mayor and the City Clerk be, and they are hereby, authorized to execute said agreement for and on be- half of the City of Anaheim. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and signed by me this 14th day of"ay, 1957. . Z'~<7 / .../ ~ in~ OF THE' CI OF ll~ ,-- ATTESTs ~ -- --) . . j/ j ~~/ v C ~ THE Clff OF ANAHEI]( AGRE~ENT FOR MUTUAL AID FIRE fROTECTION THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this , 1957, by and between the day of CITY OF ANAHEIM, a Municipal Corporation, .~ PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, A N D PARTY OF THE SECOND PART, ! !. 1 ! .~ ~ ~ ~ 1: H: THAT WHEREAS, the parties hereto, maintain and operate fire protection organizations in their respective Cities, and, in the esse of the County, throughout the unincorporated area, all within Orange County, California; and, WHEREAS, it is the desire of the parties hereto to render aid, each to the other, to combat the effect of fire when such aid is neces- sary as is herein set forth; and, WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to effect the purpose of this agreement pursuant to the provisions of the "Joint Exercise of" Power Act- (Gov. Code Sec. 6500 - 6547) and (H. &.S. C. Div. 12, Pt. 1, Cho 2, Sec. 13050, 13051 and 13052). NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HERETO MUTUALLY AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 1. To furnish fire protection personnel, equipment, materials and supplies, and to render such fire protection s~rvices to each other as may be necessary to suppress fire of a magni tude that has developed or appears to develop, beyond the control of a single party, and, therefore, requires the combined forces of the parties hereto. 2. Such mutual aid shall be provided within the limits of the County of Orange on the basis of the "running cards,. and each party hereto agrees to keep the central dispatching office and the secondary dispatch- ing office informed as to the status of all equipment available for mutual aid hereunder and under similar agreements with other parties whIch have fire protection organizations. The Fire Chief, or other person in charge of the fire protection organization of each of the parties hereto, shall, in every case of requested aid, determine the li~it of assistance which his organization can render hereunder without depleting fire protection resources, personnel, and equipment for the area where his primary re- sponsibility exists; and no party hereto shall be required to furnish aid hereunder in excess of the amount so determined, ~ 3. No response to a mutual aid request provided for in this agreement will be made by the parties hereto unless such request is re- ceived through the established communication channels common to each party and made by a responsible fire official of the party requesting 'lch aid. All requests for mutual aid shall be first made to" the central spatching office, if in operation; and in event such office, for any ason, is unable to handle such traffic, such request shall be made to .e secondary dispa tching office. 4. The County of Orange Fire Dispatching Office shall act as the central dispatching office, and in event this office is unable to handle such traffic, the City of Santa Ana Dispatching Office shall act as a secondary dispatching office, as may be further agreed to in written form of procedure. -1- - 5. Any mutual aid ext~nded under this agreement is extended with the express understanding that the responsible local fire official (in whose jurisdiction an incident requiring mutual aid has occurred) shall remain in charge at such incident including the direction of that .~ personnel and equipment provided him through the operation of this mutual aid agreement. 6. Each party hereto shall repair and replace, at its own proper cost and expense, any item of equipment which is damaged or fails for any reason. All dry powder, foam material, C02, wet water, and other expendable items used while responding to a mutual aid call to extinguish, contain, or prevent the spread of fire, shall be paid for by the party hereto requesting mutual aid. 7. In the event of dispute relative to replacement, cost, quantities, or types of consumables used, an arbitration board shall make final determination. This board, which shall serve without com- pensation, shall consist of three disinterested members selected by the Chairman of the County Board of Supervisors. 8. This agreement shall remain in full force until termin- ated as herein provided. Either party to this ag~eement may tennin- ate the same by serving notice of intention to do ~o upon the Clerk of the governing body of the other party hereto, which notice may be served by mail, and this agreeme~t shall terminate fifteen days after the date of filing with such Clerk. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be executed and hav~ agreed that the same shall be in effect from the date first hereipabove written. DA TED: CITY OF ANAHEIM By MAYOR A TTBST: CI TY CLERK PARTY OF THE FIRST PART ATTEST: PART.( OF THE SECmIlil PART ....-.." -2- .- --.."'-" STATE OF CAU R>RNIA ) COUJITY OF ORANGE ) IS. CITY OF AHAHBIM ) I, DENE M. WILLIAMS, City Clerk of the City of Anahea, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anahea held on the 14th day of May, 1957, by the following vote of the meBlbers thereof I AYESz COUNCILMENI Pearson, Fry, Schutte and Wisser. NOES I COUNCILMENz None. ABSENT I COUNCIU4Bh Coons. AND I FURTHIR CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim approved and signed said Resolution on the 14th day of May, 1957. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Anaheim this 14th day of May, 1957. ~ hr. kI~~',~ CITIn1.lRK OF TIll! CITY OF ..w..n. ( SEAL) _.,'-'"