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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 011-1999RESOLUTION NO. 11-1999 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME APPROVING AUTOMATIC AID FOR FIRE RESPONSES AGREEMENT WITH OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Burlingame: WHEREAS, in 1997, the City entered into the Joint Powers Agreement for San Mateo Pre - Hospital Emergency Services Providers Group (JPA) to provide prompt advanced life support to citizens of San Mateo County; and WHEREAS, this JPA requires fire departments and fire districts throughout the County to provide backfill as units are dispatched to provide medical response; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide a comprehensive automatic aid agreement that will support this cooperation pursuant to the Operations Plan developed by the JPA; and WHEREAS, the proposed automatic aid agreement is only acceptable with relationship to the existing JPA, the existing Countywide ambulance provider, and the existing agreement between the JPA and the provider, NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED AND ORDERED: 1. The Automatic Aid for Fire Responses Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A is approved but only with the express understanding by the City of Burlingame that Paragraph 6 of that Agreement means the current Pre -Hospital Emergency Services Agreement between the San Mateo Pre -Hospital Emergency Services Providers Group and American Medical Response, the current Countywide ambulance provider. 2. The City Manager is authorized and directed to execute the Automatic Aid for Fire Responses Agreement on behalf of the City of Burlingame. 3. The Clerk is directed to attest to the signature of the Mayor. MAYOR I, JUDITH A. MALFATTI, City Clerk ofthe City ofBurlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 1st day of FEBRUARY 1999, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GALL I GAN, JANNEY, KNIGHT, 0' MAHONY, SP I NELL I NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE Z40§ CITY CLE C 2 AUTOMATIC AID FOR FIRE RESPONSES This Agreement is entered into this day of , 1998, by and between the parties signing below: WHEREAS, the parties wish to establish an automatic aid system throughout the County of San Mateo for Fire Department responses which will send the closest fire units to incidents even though they might cross jurisdictional boundaries; and WHEREAS, there currently exists an automatic aid agreement and deployment plan for paramedic responses in the County and the parties wish to utilize that deployment agreement as the basis for this Agreement; and WHEREAS, an automatic aid agreement is in the best interests of the citizens of the parties; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED as follows: 1. Automatic Aid. Each of the signatory parties to this. Agreement shall provide automatic aid to each other for Fire Department incidents that are dispatched by the San Mateo County Communications division. "Fire Department incidents" include but shall not be limited to fires, hazardous waste calls, and service requests but shall expressly exclude medical calls. Automatic aid shall be provided in accordance with the deployment plan known as the "Deployment Plan for San Mateo County as adopted by the Fire Chiefs Association of San Mateo County", set forth as Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference and as said deployment plan may hereafter be amended. . 2. Insurance and Liability. No debt, liability, or obligation of one party shall be the debt, obligation, or liability of another party. Each party shall provide, in its discretion, insurance for its personnel and entity. Each party shall be responsible for its own acts and/or omissions. 3. Equipment and Resources. The equipment designated in the adopted San Mateo County Resource Deployment Plan, Fire Net Operations Manual, or other document adopted by the San Mateo County Fire Chiefs Association shall be the equipment and resources that a party shall provide to an automatic aid response. In the absence of designated equipment and resources, each party shall provide, in its discretion, the equipment and resources it deems appropriate in any automatic aid response. F:\FIIZEADM\MCDONALD\AUTOAIDF.DOC -I- CityAtk y/ Agretnnts/AUWAidl' 4. Coordination At Incident. The command structure at an automatic aid response shall be that structure adopted by the San Mateo County Fire Chiefs' Association as set forth in that document entitled "Fire Scope ICS". 5. Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing set forth in this Agreement shall create, nor is it intended to create, third party beneficiaries who may rely upon a breach in the relationship(s) established in this Agreement to assert a cause(s) of action in their behalf. 6. Withdrawal. Each party to this Agreement shall remain a party to this Agreement for the entire term of the contract between the San Mateo County Pre -Hospital Emergency Services Group and the countywide ambulance provider. The requirement to maintain membership is essential to the proper functioning of this Agreement. In the event any party fails to maintain its status as a party and/or fails to provide the automatic aid required, services may be provided by other parties to this Agreement as is agreed. The defaulting party shall be responsible for the cost of the defaulted service plus 15%. 7. Effective Date. This Agreement shall be effective on the first day of the month after all parties approve the agreement. Notice shall be given of the effective date by the Fire Chief of the City of San Mateo to the Fire . Chiefs of all approving jurisdictions. No obligations under this Agreement shall commence until written notice is given. In the event that not all of the signatories approve this Agreement by March 1, 1999, the Agreement shall become null and void. City of Brisbane California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection City of Daly City Half Moon Bay Fire Protection District F: \FIREADNI \MCDONALD \AUTOAIDF.DOC -2- Cir\:A[LO!Agremnts/Flu toAidF City of Burlingame Colma Fire Protection District City of Foster City Town of Hillsborough Menlo Park Fire Protection District City of Millbrae City of Pacifica City of Redwood City City of San Mateo City of South San Francisco F: \FIREADIvI\MCDONALD \AUTOAIDF.DOC -3- CityAttc/ Agremn t s/ AutoAidF Point Montara Fire Protection District City of San Bruno South County Fire Authority Woodside Fire Protection District FIRE APPARATUS DEPLOYMENT PLAN Revised 11/23/98 Available status: Apparatus will be considered available for a higher priority call when enroute to a lower priority call. Selection of cover in apparatus: Station coverage will be satisfied by the closest appropriate apparatus regardless of the station's priority status. Movement from a priority station into a non-priority station, and/or from one zone into another zone may be the most appropriate assignment. Deolovment of cover in apparatus: The dispatcher will assign coverage within two minutes of the dispatch that caused the cluster alarm. If the cluster cannot be satisfied within two (2) minutes the dispatcher will document the reason for the delay in the unit history of the apparatus assigned to the priority station for that cluster. The assigned apparatus will be enroute to the move within ninety (90) seconds. Apparatus assigned to cover in will respond directly to the assigned station code 2 unless otherwise specified. If a unit is scheduled to go off duty at or near the time of the move, they will proceed to their cover in assignment. Arrangements for replacement may be made by the on -duty BC. Return of units: Every attempt will be made by the dispatcher to return apparatus to 1) their assigned zone and 2) their assigned station upon release from station coverage and/or release from their assigned incident. Deviation: Deviation from this plan can only be authorized by fire personnel holding the rank of Battalion Chief (or equivalent) or higher and will be documented in an Unusual Incident Report by the dispatcher. In the event a dispatcher is given conflicting instructions by two or more Battalion Chiefs, the dispatcher will advise the involved chiefs who will reach a consensus and advise the dispatcher of their decision. Station Clusters: When the indicated priority station is vacant no move -up needs to occur if the associated cluster is filled. In some cases, it may be possible to meet the priority station requirement for two priority stations by filling a single non-priority station. Priority station clusters FS95 If both FS91 AND FS94 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS92 If both FS91 AND FS93 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS81 If FS93 is filled, no move -up needs to occur FS72 If both FS71 AND FS44 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS71 If both FS94 AND FS72 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS52 If both FS51 AND FS38 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS51 If both FS52 AND FS37 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS38 If both FS52 AND FS37 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS36 If both FS34 AND FS37 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS33 If both FS31 AND FS35 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS28 Must always be filled FS26 If both FS25 AND FS29 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS23 If both FS25 AND FS14 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS21 If both FS25 AND FS32 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS17 Must always be filled (contract station) FS15 If both FS17 AND FS14 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS13 If both FS16 AND FS14 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS12 If both FS19 AND FS10 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS09 If both FS10 AND FS11 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS08 Must always be filled FS07 Must always be filled FS77 If both FS05 AND FS02 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FSO4 If FS06 is filled, no move -up needs to occur FS03 If both FSO4 AND FS05 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FSO 1 If both FS06 AND FS02 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS41 If both FS40 AND FS44 are filled, no move -up needs to occur FS40 Must always be filled FS58 Must always be filled. Typically filled with FS19. FS59 Must always be filled. Typically filled with FS44. SSF SSF routinely covers FS61 and FS63, however no coverage will be provided by JPA agencies unless SSF is unable to cover those stations using their own resources AND SSF requests coverage through PSCD. Truck Coverage: Trucks should be strategically placed throughout the County, and centralized within zone, to provide balanced coverage. It is understood that any truck is available for placement anywhere within the County. The following guidelines should be followed for truck placement: North FS95 No two adjacent truck At level 1 cover FS95 FS71 company districts uncovered. FS51 Utilize SOF Q62 and Q65 as necessary Central FS40 No two adjacent bayside truck At level 1 bayside, cover FS34 company districts uncovered. FS21 FS21 FS28 Utilize T40 as necessary South FS13 Every other truck station At level 2 cover (FS13 FS09 receives coverage. and FS03) OR (FS09 and FS01) FS03 FS01 No three adjacent truck company districts uncovered. At level 1 cover FS09 Notficiations: Battalion chiefs will be notified when only priority stations are covered either Countywide or in a specific zone. Notification will be made to all Battalion Chiefs in all zones when this occurs. Training Sites: The following stations have been identified as pre -designated training sites: North Zone: Central Zone: South Zone: Coastal Area: Terminotogv: FS95 FS23 OR FS34 FS09 FS40 Priority Station: A station that has been identified as key to meeting response time criteria within a prescribed geographic area. Each priority station may have an association with other stations that provide acceptable coverage to meet response time criteria within a prescribed geographic area. (See 'bluster"). Cluster: One or more pre -determined non-priority station(s) that if covered, will satisfy the coverage requirement for an associated priority station. Non-priority station: A station that does not need to be covered at all times. Companies housed at non-priority stations will not receive coverage except in circumstances where covering a single non-priority station will satisfy the cluster requirements and eliminate the need for multiple move -ups OR in rare circumstances. Vacated: A priority station shall be considered vacated when the Unit that is assigned to cover that station is dispatched to a priority call.