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Rogue Valley Fire Chiefs' Association
From: Mark Burns, President
Date: November 13, 1992
Re: Mutual/Automatic Aid Agreements
Included in this package is your agencies certified copy of the
updated Mutual/Automatic Aid Agreement for Jackson and Josephine
Counties. This agreement supersedes and repeals the Jackson County
Mutual Assistance Agreement (1983), the Josephine County Agreement
for Mutual Aid in Fire Suppression (1977), and the Jackson County
Automatic Aid Agreement (1975). As indicated, the original is on
file with Jackson County Fire District #3 at 8333 Agate Road, White
City, OR, 97503.
Please note that the effective date indicated on the agreement was
July 1, 1992.
Also note that the Veterans Administration Fire Department, White
City, has not signed the agreement. They are in the review process
through the federal system. As this may take some time, I have
opted to not hold the agreement any longer. The V.A. may enter
into this agreement by the provisions identified in item 10.
This has been a long process which has extended long beyond the
target date. However, the consistency and simplicity of the
agreement should provide a more workable assistance program for the
two county area during major events.
Thanks for your support.
MUTUAL/AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT
JACKSON/JOSEPHINE COUNTIES
WHEREAS, the parties hereto recognize the likelihood that fires
or other like disasters occurring in their respective territories
could reach such proportions that it would be impossible to control
them with the equipment and personnel of any single agency, and
WHEREAS, the parties recognize the necessity to facilitate and
comply with ORS 476.510 to 476.610 (Oregon Emergency Conflagration
Act), and
WHEREAS, it is necessary and proper that Mutual and Automatic
Assistance Plans be entered into by the undersigned for the mutual
protection of life and property,
IN CONSIDERATION of the covenants herein contained, each of the
undersigned agrees:
To furnish firefighting equipment and personnel, upon request
when available, to any of the other undersigned when such
assistance is necessary and appropriate.
That each party shall have the right to determine priority for
providing fire suppression and/or other emergency service to any
other party under this agreement. This determination shall be
the responsibility of the commanding officer of the agency
sending the assistance.
That the officer in charge of the responding organization may, in
the exercise of best judgement and discretion, decline to commit
apparatus or personnel to a position which would dangerously
imperil such resources.
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That a responding organization shall be released by the
requesting organization as soon as the services of the responding
organization are no longer required or when the responding
organization is needed within its own jurisdiction.
That none of the parties hereto shall be held liable to any other
party for damage to property, loss of equipment, injury to
personnel, or for the payment of any compensation arising in the
course of, or as a result of, any assistance or lack of
assistance rendered under the terms of this Agreement. This
provision does not waive the legal rights of any individual.
That the chief executive officer of each fire department of the
parties to this Agreement is authorized and directed to meet and
draft such Rules of Procedure as shall best accomplish the
purpose of this Agreement.
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That aid and assistance rendered by the signatories hereto under
the Oregon Emergency Conflagration Act, state and national forest
fire defense plans, and civil defense plans, shall not be
governed by the terms of this Agreement.
That each party may develop automatic aid assistance and move-up
procedures with other agencies. Such procedures shall be pre-
programmed and pre-arranged. Each party is responsible for the
development of its own automatic aid and move-up procedures.
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That automatic aid and move-up procedures shall be periodically
reviewed and updated. Each party is responsible for the
coordination of resources and response with other agencies.
10.
That additional fire protection agencies may be added as parties
to the Agreement from time to time. Such agencies shall first be
recommended for addition by the Rogue Valley Fire Chiefs
Association and be approved by the chief executive officer of
each of the existing parties. Any additions shall be made by
means of attachment to the Agreement.
11.
That the continued failure by any party to meet the requirements
established herein, shall be considered to be just cause for the
removal as a participant in this Agreement. Such action shall
first be recommended by the Rogue Valley Fire Chiefs Association
and be approved by the chief executive officer of each of the
existing parties.
12.
That any party may withdraw from the entirety or attachments
hereto of this Agreement by giving thirty (30) days written
notice of its intent to withdraw to each of the other parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this
agreement to be signed by its duly authorized officers. This document
shall supersede and repeal the Jackson County Mutual Assistance
Agreement signed in 1983, the Josephine County Agreement for Mutual
Aid in Fire suppression dated October 1, 1977, and the Jackson County
Automatic Aid Agreement signed in 1975.
The effective date of this agreement shall be July ~ 1992.
Any party not identified below may be added in accordance with
Section 10 of this agreement.
The original signed copy of this agreement shall be maintained on
file at Jackson County Fire District No. 3o
(see list on attached pages)
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MUTUAL/AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT
JACKSON/JOSEPHINE COUNTIES SIGNATURES
APPLEGAT~ RURAL FIRE DISTRICT NO. 9
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Date:
ASHLAND FI~E DEPARTMENT ~'
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BUTTE FALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT
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By:
Title:
CENTRAL POINT FIRE DEPARTMENT
By:
Title:
COLESTINE RURAL FIRE DISTRICT
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EAGLE POINT FIRE DEPARTMENT
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By:
Title:
EVANS VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT NO. 6
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RANTS PASS DEPT~OF PUBLIC SAFETY
ILLINOIS V~Y FIRE DISTRICT
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JACKSON COUNTY FI~ DISTRICT ~0.~
JACKSO~TY FItLE DISTRICT NO.
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Tit~: Mayor Title:
City R~corder
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By:
Title:
PHOENIX FIRE DEPARTMENT
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ROGUE RIVER RURAL FIRE DISTRICT
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OREGON 'DEPT OF FORESTRY, SW DISTRICT
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TALENT FIRE DEPA~,N,T
By:
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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, WHITE CITY
By: By:
Title: Title:
Date:
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WILLIAMS R~RAL FIRE DISTRICT
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State of Oregon )
S.S.
County of Jackson )
I, Louise A Bogard, a notary public, do certify that on the
13th day of November~ 1992, I carefully compared the attached copy of
the MUTUAL/AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT--JACKSON/JOSEPHINE COUNTIES with
the original.
It is a true, exact, complete and unaltered photocopy made by
Jackson County Fire District No. 3.
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