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RESOLUTION APPROVING AGREEMENT
B:,a it resolved by the City Council of the City of
National City as follows:
That certain Mutual Fire Fighting Assistance Agreement
between CITY OF NATIONAL CITY and the COMMANDING OFFICER
dated the 13th day of February, 1962, a copy of which is
hereto attached and made a part hereof by reference, is
hereby approved and accepted, and the Mayor is authorized
and directed to execute the same for and on behalf of City
of National City.
MASSED AND ADOPTED this l-3th day of February, 1962.
MAYOR
CITY CLERK
MUTUAL FIRE FIGHTING
STANCE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this I3thlay of February
19 62 by and between City of National City, California, and the Commanding
Officer, U.S. Naval Station, San Diego 36, California.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto maintains equipment and personnel
for the suppression of fires within its own jurisdiction and areas, and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to augment the fire protection
available in their various establishments, districts, agencies and
municipalities in the event of large fires or conflagrations, and
WHEREAS, the lands or districts of the parties hereto are adjacent or
contiguous so that mutual assistance in a fire emergency is deemed feasible, and
W:i.REA::, it is the policy of the Navy Department and of the
municipalities or other districts and of their governing bodies to conclude
such agreements wherever practicable, and
WHEREAS, it is mutually deemed sound, desirable, practicable, and
beneficial for the parties to this agreement to render assistance to one
another in accordance with these terms;
THEREFORE BE IT AGREED THAT:
1. Whenever it is deemed advisable by the senior officer of a fire
department belonging to a party to this agreement, or by the senior officer
of any such fire department actually present at any fire, to request fire
fighting assistance under the terms of this agreement, he is authorized to
do so, and the senior officer on duty of the fire department receiving the
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request shall forthwith take the following action:
a. Immediately determine if apparatus and personnel can be
spared in response to the call.
b. What apparatus and personnel might most effectively be
dispatched.
c. The exact mission to be assigned in accordance with the
detailed plans and procedures of operation drawn in
accordance with this agreement by the technical heads of
the fire departments involved.
d. Forthwith dispatch such apparatus and personnel as, in the
judgment of the senior officer receiving the call, should
be sent, with complete instructions as to the mission, in
accordance with the terms of this agreement.
2. 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 reason,
assistance cannot be rendered.
3. a. Each party to this agreement waives all claims against the
other party ur parties for compensation for any loss, damage, personal
injury, or death occurring in consequence of the performance of this
agreement.
b. All services performed under this agreement shall be rendered
eithout reimbursement of either party or parties.
4. The technical head of the fire department of the requesting
service shall assume full charge of the operations, but if he specifically
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requests a senior officer of a fire department fu
assume command, he shall not, by relinquishing command, be relieved of
his responsibility for the operation; provided, that the apparatus,
personnel, acid equipment of the agency rendering assistance shall be
under the immediate supervision of and shall be the immediate responsibility
of the senior officer of the fire department rendering assistance.
5. The chief fire officers and personnel of the fire departments
of both 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.
6. The technical heads of the fire departments of the parties to
this agreement are authorized and directed to 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.
7. This agreement shall become effective upon the date hereof and
shall remain in full force and effect until cancelled by mutual agreement
of the parties hereto or by written notice by one party to the other party,
giving ten (10) days notice of said cancellation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this agreement
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J mes W. Clement, , . S . Navy
Commanding Officer Calif.
U.S. NavalStation, San Diego,
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