HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-57 - California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Mutual Aid RESOLUTION NO. 2025- 5 7
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA,
CLARIFYING THE CALIFORNIA FIRE ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT (CFAA) BY
IDENTIFYING SUPPRESSION/SAFETY AND NON-SUPPRESSION PERSONNEL THAT
CAN BE COMPENSATED PORTAL TO PORTAL FOR SERVICES RENDERED AT
INCIDENTS, AS REQUESTED BY THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES (CAL OES).
WHEREAS, on May 5, 2015, the City Council adopted Resolution 2015-54, authorizing
portal-to-portal compensation for National City Fire Department personnel deployed on mutual
aid assignments, and allowing for reimbursement of expenses by the California Governor's Office
of Emergency Services (Cal OES) or the requesting agency; and
WHEREAS, the California Fire Assistance Agreement (CFAA) provides for
reimbursement of all costs associated with aid assignments, including personnel costs, backfill
costs, and apparatus and equipment use fees; and
WHEREAS, the authorization provided in Resolution 2015-54 referred generically to
"suppression/safety and non-suppression personnel to be compensated portal-to-portal for
services rendered at incidents"; and
WHEREAS, Cal OES has requested that the City identify the specific classifications of the
personnel who would be responding to incident and further clarify portal-to-portal compensation;
and
WHEREAS, those response personnel include the Suppression/Safety classifications of
Fire Chief, Fire Division Chief, Fire Battalion Chief, Fire Captain, Fire Engineer, and Firefighter,
as well as the Non-Suppression classification of Emergency Manager; and
WHEREAS, National City Fire Department response personnel will be compensated
above straight time/overtime when applicable while in the course of their employment, away from
their official duty station, and assigned to or supporting an emergency incident, or pre-positioned
for emergency response; and
WHEREAS, the City of National City desires to incorporate the updated language
requested by Cal OES to formalize the terms and conditions under which Fire Department
response personnel and necessary backfill personnel are compensated portal-to-portal while
assigned to aid incidents under the CFAA.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager, or his designee,
to take any administrative actions necessary to clarify the California Fire Assistance Agreement
(CFAA) by including the Fire Chief, Fire Division Chief, Fire Battalion Chief, Fire Captain, Fire
Engineer, and Firefighter under the Suppression/Safety classifications, as well as the Emergency
Manager as the Non-Suppression classification that can receive portal-to-portal compensation
when deployed under the CFAA, as requested by Cal OES.
Section 2: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 3rd day of June, 2025.
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Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of National City, California, on June
3, 2025 by the following roll-call vote, to-wit:
Ayes: Molina, Rodriguez, Yamane, Bush, Morrison
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: Ron Morrison
Mayor of the City of National City, California
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