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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 856-1942 #~56 ~ RESOLUTION ENTERING INTO AGREemENT FOR MUTUAL AID, WITH FIRE FIGHTING EQUIt~ENT, WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN.' 'MATE0 AND THE FIRE DISTRICTS. RESOLVED by the city council of the city of South San Francisco that said city enter into au agreement for mutual aid, with fire fighting equipment, with the County of San Mateo and the fire districts and the cities named as follows: Bayshore Ft~e District, Brisbane Fire District, Colma Fire District, Lomita Park Fire District, Millbrae Fire District, Belmont Fire District~ Menlo PArk Fire Distirct, Woodside Fire Distirct, Half Moon Bay Fire Distirct, City of Daly City, City of San Bruno, City of Burlingame, City of San Mateo, Town of Hillsboro~gh, City of San Carlos, and City of Redwood City. The Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute s~ch agreement, in behalf of said city of South San Francisco. I hereby cext~y that the foregoing resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by the city council of t~e city of South San Francisco this 1st day of June~ 1942, by the following vote: Ayes, Councilmen V. Boido, Geo. W. Holston, D. W. Ratto, M. Minucciani, Reese Lloyd Noes, Councilmen None ~ Absent, Councilmen None (Seal) Attest: Daniel McSweeney City Clerk AGRE~J~ NT FOR MUTUAL AID (between communities within the same county, covering fire equipment. ) See Deering's Gen. Laws, Act 1801; also Secs. 13080-4 of H & SC) THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 1st day of June, 1942, by and bet- ween the County of San Mateo, State of California, and the following cities, public corporations, public districts and public agencies therein: WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, a national emergency and a state of war exists throughout the United States of America, as a result of which the people of the entire United States are called upon to marshal all their man power and material resources to insure a spsedy and complete victory; and ~tEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Metropolitan Area has been declared to be in a mmmbat zone; and VfHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of California has established the State Council of Defense and has authorized t~e establishment of city councils of defense and county councils of defense and has provided that all political subdivisions and public corporations and agencies shall cooperate in the civilian defense program; and WH~EAS, the resources of any one of the parties hereto may be insufficient to cope with a disaster resulting from enemy action or other cause, and it is therefore desirable and for the mutual benefit of all the parties hereto that the resources of all of said parties in excess of necessary reserves be made available to anyone of said parties stricken by disaster; and WHEREAS, with that objective in view, the fire-fighting services of the State have approved the California Fire Disaster Plan providing for mutual aid between con~nunities; NOW THEREFORE, for the purpose of implementing said Plan, and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 383 of the Statutes of l~21, as amended, Sections 13080 to 13054, inclusive, of the Health and Safety Code, Chapter 323 of the Statutes of 19~l, and Chapter i of the Statutes of the First Extraordinary Legislative Session of 19&l-19&2, it is mutually u~ierstood and agreed as follows: 1. That in the event that any one or more of the parties hereto is stricken by disaster of suchmagnitude that its or their fire-fighting equip- ment is inadequate to cope with such disaster, fha parties hereto not so stricken will furnish to such stricekn party or parties such available mutual aid fire-fighting equipment Cas said term is defined in paragraph 2 herein)' as may be needed to enable such stricken party or parties to cope with such disaster, provided, however, that if at the time a call for mutual aid is made any party shall have any part of its mutual fire fighting equipment engaged in fire-fighting ®q~me~-e~a~e~-&~ or out of service for any reason, the amount available mutual aid fire-fighting equipment shall be reduced by the amount of fi~e-fightlng equipment .that is so engaged or out of sez~ice; 2. For the purpose of this agreement the fire-fighting equipment of each of the parties hereto shall be classified as follows: The first thirty percent (3C~0) thereof shall constitute available mutual fire-fight ing equipment; The remaining seventy percent (?0~/o) thereof shall constitute an operating reserve; Except that for the purpose of this agreement the following areas should be considered as single units; 1. Daly City, ~:olma, Bayshore, Brisbane, South Sam Francisco, San Bruno, Lomita Park, Millbrae; 2. Half I~oon Bay, Moss Beach, Sharp Park, County Fire Department at Pescadero; And in those areas the first one-third (1/3) of the total fire-fighting equipment in the district shall constitute available mutual aid for fire-fight- ing equipment and the remaining two-thirds C2/3) shall constitue an operating reservee 3. None of the parties hereto shall call for mutual aid hereunder dur- ing any emergency until it has dispatched all of the fire-fighting equipment owned by it, or until in the judgment of its fire chief the situation is such that there is imminent danger of its' fire-fighting operative reserve being exhausted. None of the parties hereto shall be obligated hereunder to dispatch any of its own operating reserve fire-fighting equipment. 4. Calls for mutual aid between parties thereto shall be ~w~a~de to the county control, and such mutual aid as is necessary shall be dispatched as directed by the county fire Coordinator. Wheneve~ any call for mutual aid is made the information concerning the situation shall be transmitted in accordance with the State Fire Disaster Plan to the property state coordinators. 5. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, whenever~ any party hereto has furnished fire-fighting equipment hereunder and thereafter finds it necessary to dispatch any part of its operating reserve fire- fighting equipment, it shall be entitled to request and receive hereunder mutual aid, or to recall so much of the equipment theretofore f~rnished by it hereunder, as is necessary to replace such operating reserve. 6. In t~e event any of the parties hereto is, in the Judgment of the fire chief of such party, in such imminent danger that it would endanger the public safety to dispatch any fire-fighting equipment beyond its bcnndaries, then such party shall not be obligated to dispatch any fire-fighting equip- ment hereunder. 7. Each party hereto shall use reasonable diligence to bring its own fire-fighting equipment up to the minimum peacetime standards and requirements established for said party by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. 8~ This agreement shall be deemed supplementary to the California Fire Disaster Plan, which is hereby adopted and approved, and if any conflict shall be found to exist between any of the provisions of this agreement and said -~,.~u~o vx ~x'~j~A~e~.e equm~'t '~at ~ se e~agea or out cf sex. ice; 2. For the purpose of this agreement the fire-fighting equipment of each of the parties hereto shall be classified as follows: The first thirty percent (30%) thereof shall constitute available mutual fire-fight ing equipment; The remaining seventy percent (70~/o) thereof shall constitute an operating reserve; Except that for the purpose of this agreement the following areas should be considered as single units; 1. Daly City, Colma, Bayshore, Brisbane, South Sam Francisco, San Bruno, Lomita Park, Millbrae; 2. Half Moon Bay, Moss Beach, Sharp Park, County Fire Department at Pe s c ade ro; And in those areas the first one-third (1/3) of the total fire-fighting equipment in the district shall constitute available mutual aid for fire-fight- lng equipment and the remaining two-thirds (2/3) shall constitue an operating 3. None of the parties hereto shall call for mutual aid hereunder dur- ing any emergency until it has dispatched all of the fire-fighting equipment owned by it, or until in the judgment of its fire chief the situation is such that there is imminent danger of its~ fire-fighting operative reserve being exhausted. None of the parties hereto shall be obligated hereunder to dispatch any of its own operating reserve fire-fighting equipment. 4. Calls for mutual aid between parties thereto shall be made to the county control, and such mutual aid as is necessary shall be dispatched as directed by the county fire Coordinator. Whenever any call for mutual aid is made the information concerning the situation shall be transmitted in accordance with the State Fire Disaster Plan to the property state coordinators. 5. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, whenever.~any party hereto has furnished fire-fighting equipment hereunder and thereafter finds it necessary to dispatch any part of its operating reserve fire- fighting equipment, it shall be entitled to request and receive hereunder mutual aid, or to recall so much of the equipment theretofore furnished by it hereunder, as is necessary to replace such operating reserve. 6. In the event any of the parties hereto is, in the judgment of the fire chief of such party, in such imminent danger that it would endanger the public safety to dispatch any fire-fighting equipment beyond its boundaries, then such party shall not be obligated to dispatch any fire-fighting equip- ment hereunder. 7. Each party hereto shall use reasonable diligence to bring its own fire-fighting equipment up to the minimum peacetime standards and requirements establiShed for said party by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. 8. This agreement shall be deemed supplementary to the California Fire Disaster Plan, which is hereby adopted and approved, and if any conflict shall be found to exist between any of the provisions of this agreement and said Plan, the terms of the California Fire Disaster Plan shall control and be followed. 9. This agreement shall continue in force, unless sooner terminated, until the conclusion of the existing state of war; provided, however, that any or all of the parties hereto may withdraw from this agreement and ter- minate the same by giving fifteen days' notice in writing of its or their election so me to do, to tD_e remaining parties hereto. IN V~ITNESS NHEREOF, the parties hereto have ~hereunto .caused theirAre- spective corporate names to be signed and their respective corporate seals to be affixed by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, and by the respective mayors of the respective cities, and by the ~ommissioners of the respective districts and other public agencies, all of whom are respectively thereunto duly authorized, the day and year first hereinaBove written. Bayshore Fire District Lomita Park Fire District Menlo Park Fire District Brisbane Fire District By Millbrae Fire District By Woodside Fire District By ~ By Colma Fire District Belmont Fire District By By by Half Moon Bay Fire DiSt. By 346 City of ~uth San Francisco By City of ~)aly ~City By City of San Bz~Luo By City of Burlingame By County of San Mateo By City of San Mateo By Town of Hillsborough By City of San Carlos By City of Redwood City By