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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the use of fire apparatus and personnel opera-
ting the same,beyond the corporate limits of the City of
of Yakima and prescribing conditions thereof.
WHEREAS, in R.C.W. 35.84.040 every municipal corporation which
owns and operates fire apparatus and equipment may permit under condi-
tions prescribed by the governing body thereof such equipment and
personnel operating the Same to go outside of the corporate limits of
such municipality and that such use shall be deemed an exercise of a
governmental function thereof, and
• WHEREAS, there is in existence an organization known as the Central
Washington Firemen's Association formed for the purpose of providing
for the use of fire apparatus and personnel outside of the boundaries
of the subscribing fire departments for emergency conflagrations, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is necessary to prescribe
certain conditions for said use of the fire apparatus and equipment of
the City of Yakima and its personnel and to authorize the mode of using
such equipment, now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. That the City Manager of the City of Yakima, acting by
and through the Chief of the Fire Department, is hereby authorized to
dispatch and use the fire apparatus and equipment of the City 'of Yakima,
together with the Fire Department personnel operating the same, outside
of the corporate limits of the City of Yakima for the purpose of rendering
assistance to neighboring .communities and areas in the event of a
threatening conflagration or other dire emergency. Under no circum-
stances shall such fire apparatus and equipment be dispatched outside
: Of the City of Yakima to such an extent as to deplete existing available
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Wequipment or leave'the City of Yakima without adequate fire protection.
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Section 2. The City Manager and the City Clerk of the City of
. Yakima are hereby authorized and directed to execute on the behalf of
the City of Yakima such mutual aid agreements with adjoining communities
or areas maintaining and operating fire apparatus and equipment or with
the Central Washington Firemen's Association as may be necessary or
desirable to effectuate the orderly dispatch of the City of Yakima fire
apparatus and equipment outside of the City and the reciprocal dis-
patching of other apparatus and equipment into the City.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30
days after its final passage, approval and publication, as provided by
law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 4th day of
December, 1961.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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