HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2025-049 Resolution authorizing a mutual aid agreement with the Department of the Army for emergency aid response servicesDEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT (MAA)
BETWEEN
JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD (JBLM), YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER
FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES (YTC-FES)
AND
CITY OF YAKIMA FIRE DEPARTMENT (YFD)
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This agreement, effective beginning on the day the last Party signs, entered into
between the Secretary of the Army acting according to the authority of section 1856a,
title 42, United States Code and the City of Yakima, Washington, a Washington
municipal corporation, is to secure for each the benefits of mutual aid in fire prevention,
the protection of life and property from fire, and firefighting, and other emergency
services to include basic medical support; basic and advanced life support; hazardous
material containment and confinement; and special rescue events involving vehicular
and water mishaps, and trench, building, and confined space extractions.
It is agreed that:
a. On request to a representative of Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Yakima
Training Center (YTC) Fire and Emergency Services (FES) by a representative of
Yakima Fire Department (YFD), firefighting equipment and personnel of YTC-FES wil
be dispatched when available to any point within the area for which the YFD normally
provides fire protection as designated by the representative of the YFD.
b. On request to a representative of the YFD by a representative of the YTC-FES,
firefighting equipment and personnel of the YFD will be dispatched when available to
any point within the firefighting jurisdiction of the YTC-FES.
c. 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 department if, for any reason, assistance cannot be rendered.
d. Any dispatch of equipment and personnel pursuant to this agreement is subject to the
following conditions:
(1) Any request for aid under this agreement will specify the location to which the
equipment and personnel are to be dispatched; however, the amount and type of
equipment and number of personnel to be furnished will be determined by a
representative of the responding organization.
(2) The responding organization will report to the officer in charge of the requesting
organization at the location to which the equipment is dispatched, and will be subject to
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the orders of the official. Responding personnel will not be asked or required to perform
tasks outside of their normal scope or practice.
(3) A responding organization will be released by the requesting organization when
the services of the responding organization are no longer required, or when the
responding organization is needed within the area for which it normally provides fire
protection.
(4) If a crash of aircraft owned or operated by the United States or military aircraft of
any foreign nation occurs within the area for which the YFD normally provides fire
protection, the Chief of YTC-FES, or his or her representative may assume full
command on arrival at the scene of the crash.
e. Each party hereby waives all claims against every other party for compensation for
any loss, damage, personel injury or death occurring as a consequence of the
performance of this agreement except those claims authorized to be made to FEMA's
Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, under 15 U.S.C. 2210.
f. 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.
g. Both parties recognize the need to provide properly trained and equipped personnel
to respond to mutual aid emergencies. Both parties acknowledge that appropriate
training of personnel is necessary, shall be ongoing, and must be upgraded to ensure
the qualifications, performance, efficiency, and safety of personnel responding to mutual
aid emergencies. Each party shall be responsible for ensuring that its personnel are
properly trained to State and County standards or in the case of the YTC-FES,
department, the training standards identified in the Army Regulation (AR) 420-1, and
appropriately equipped when responding to mutual aid emergencies. The incident
commander or his/her designee shall have the right to dismiss any personnel and/or
equipment from the scene of a mutual aid emergency that, in the opinion of the Incident
Commander or his/her designee, do not meet the needs and/or requirements of the
emergency. Furthermore, all incoming mutual aid departments shall have the right to
leave a mutual aid scene, if they feel it is not being conducted in a safe and proper
manner, to include the use of the Incident Command System.
h. All equipment used by YTC-FES, in carrying out this agreement will be owned by
YTC-FES; all equipment used by the YFD will be owned by the YFD; and all personnel
acting for YFD under this agreement will be an employee or volunteer member of YFD.
i. Nothing in this MAA shall be considered as obligating either party to expend funds or
otherwise obligate either party for the future payment of money in excess of
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appropriations authorized by law and administratively allocated for the activities
associated with this MAA.
j. This agreement shall become effective upon the date of the last signature and shall
remain in full force and effect for a period not to exceed nine (9) years, or until cancelled
by mutual agreement of the parties, or upon the provision of at least thirty (30) days
advance written notice from the party desiring to terminate this agreement to the other.
In accordance with AR 420-1, paragraph 25-9, e (2), this agreement will be reviewed
and updated every other year unless terminated by one or more of the parties.
Following the nine (9) years, the agreement will either automatically terminate or can be
renegotiated.
City of Yakima For the Secretary of the Army
Victoria Baker
City Manager
Date:
Kent W. Park
Colonel, U.S Army
Date:
aron rkham Heath Bichel
Fire C ief, Yakima Fire Dept. Fire Chief, YTC-FES
Date: Sfr/ Date:
CITY CONTRACT NO
RESOLUTION NO.
Item No. 7.H.
For Meeting of: March 4, 2025
ITEM TITLE:Resolution authorizing a mutual aid agreement with the Department of
the Army for emergency aid response services
SUBMITTED BY:Aaron Markham, Fire Chief
BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
AGENDA STATEMENT
SUMMARY EXPLANATION:
Attached is a Resolution and Mutual Aid Agreement (MAA) for emergency aid response with the
Department of the Army for Council consideration. This is a renewal of a previous MAA with new terms
as the last Mutual Aid Agreement expired on 12/31/2024.
ITEM BUDGETED: N/A
STRATEGIC PRIORITY 24-25: An Engaged Yakima
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution.
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution_JBLM-FES.docx
JBLM-FES MAA.docx
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