HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-144THE TREASURE COAST FIRE DEPARTMENTS
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
TO PROVIDE MUTUAL AID FOR
FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICES
THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, made this day of
tall) , 1995, by and between Indian River County Department of
Emergency Services District, City of Indian River Shores, Martin County, City of
Stuart, Okeechobee County, City of Okeechobee„ all political sub -divisions of the
State of Florida; and St Lucie County -Fort Pierce Fire District, a special taxing
district (collectively referred to as "parties").
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the respective parties hereto each has certain emergency
services equipment and personnel; and
WHEREAS, Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, provides that local government
units may cooperate by agreement to provide necessary and essential public
services; and
WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto recognizes the possibility that, in
emergencies, said emergency services equipment and personnel, as is individually
maintained by each of the, may not be adequate to afford full and complete
protection to and in the area of operation of each party, the inhabitants thereof, and
their respective properties therein; and
WHEREAS, it is mutually desired by the parties hereto that in the event of
such emergencies as aforesaid, the firefighting equipment, rescue equipment and
personnel of each of them should be made available to the other;
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promisesand
covenants herein expressed, the respective parties hereto agree as follows:
1. In the event any party hereto requires additional firefighting, rescue,
or emergency assistance and protection, above and beyond that which
said party can furnish in its own behalf from its own resources, and
as determined by the Chief or other officer in charge of said party,then
and in the event upon the call of said Chief or other officer in charge
to the Chief or other office in charge of the party hereto, said other
parties shall respond by sending emergency services personnel and
equipment for assistance in emergencies.
2. The nature and extend of assistance furnished by any party to the
other shall be determined on the basis of the prevailing needs for
emergency services in the area of the said responding party. The
rendering of assistance under the terms of this Agreement shall not
be mandatory, but the party receiving the request for assistance
should immediately inform the requesting service if, for any reasons,
assistance cannot be rendered.
3 The personnel, equipment and resources of the assisting party shall
remain under operational control of the requesting party for the area
in which they are serving. Direct supervision and control of said
personnel, equipment and resources shall remain with the designated
supervisory personnel of the assisting party. Representatives of the
requesting party shall provide on scene assignments to the
supervisory personnel of the assisting party.
4. The emergency services officers and personnel of the emergency
services departments of all parties to this Agreement are invited and
encouraged, on a reciprocal basis, to frequently visit each other's
activities for guided familiarization tours consistent with local security
requirements and, as feasible, to jointly conduct pre -fire planning
inspections and drills.
5. The technical heads of the emergency service departments of the
parities to this Agreement are authorized and may meet and draft any
detailed plans and procedures of operation necessary to effectively
implement this Agreement. Such plans and procedures of operations
shall become effective upon ratification by the signatory parties.
6. None of the parties hereto shall be indebted to any of the other parties
for services rendered.
7. To the extent permitted by law, and without waiving sovereign
immunity, each Party to this Agreement shall be responsible for any
and all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, and causes of
action related to or arising out of or in any way connected with its own
actions, and the actions of its personnel, in providing mutual aid
assistance rendered or performed pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement Each party shall be solely responsible
for determining that its insurance is current and adequate prior to
providing assistance under this Agreement. Both the requesting party
and the assisting party shall be responsible for payment of any
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amount paid or due as benefits to its own respective employees under
the terms of the Florida Workers' Compensation Act due to personal
injury or death occurring while such employees are engaged in
rendering aid under this Agreement.
8. The terms of this Agreement shall extend indefinitely; provided,
however, that any party hereto may terminate this Agreement, at any
time and for whatever reason, by serving upon all of the other parties
hereto a ninety (90) day written notice to that effect in advance.
Termination of this Agreement by one party does not mean
termination of the Agreement by the remaining parties except as to the
terminating party.
9. In the event that any parties to this Agreement have entered into other
mutual aid agreements, those parties agree that this Agreement does
not supersede or replace the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement for
Catastrophic Disaster Response and Recovery.
10. This Agreement and any subsequent amendments thereto shall be
recorded with the Clerks of the Circuit Court for St. Lucie, Indian
River, Martin and Okeechobee Counties, Florida, prior to becoming
effective.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parities have accepted, made, and executed this
Agreement, upon the terms and conditions above stated on the day and year
signed.
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