R96-182RESOLUTION NO. R96-/,~',~
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING
AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO
EXECUTE A FIRE-RESCUE INTERLOCAL EMERGENCY
SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR GOVERNMENTAL
AGENCIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, PROVIDING
COUNTY-WIDE MUTUAL AID; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, a mutual aid agreement has been developed through the Palm
Beach County Fire Chiefs Association, which will provide additional equipment and
personnel for all fire agencies on a county-wide basis, should the need occur; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission, upon recommendation of staff, deems it to be
in the best interests of the citizens and residents of the City of Boynton Beach to enter
into this Interlocal Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to
execute a Fire-Rescue Interlocai Emergency Services Agreement for Governmental
Agencies in Palm Beach County, attached hereto as Exhibit "A".
Section 2. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption
by the Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this /~ day of December, 1996,
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ATTEST:
Ci~ Clerk
CITY OF BOYNTON BEA~C.C~H.~ LORIDA
'Mayor ~J/ _
v~ceMayoy _/' / ;/ ~
Commissioner
FIRE-RESCUE
INTERLOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES AGREEMENT
FOR
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY
APRIL 15, 1994
INTERLOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES AGREEMENT
Table of Contents
PAGE
Paragraph # 1
AUTHORITY; GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES; CONDITIONS PRECEDENT ........................ 6
Paragraph # 2
DEFINITIONS ................................................................................................................
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Paragraph # 3
APPARATUS EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES ............................................................
8
Paragraph # 4
NEW EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION ...................................................................................
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Paragraph # 5
CHANGE IN OR DELETION OF EQUIPMENT ..................................................................
9
Paragraph #
STAFFING ....................................................................................................................
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Paragraph # 7
COMMUNICATIONS ......................................................................................................
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Paragraph # 8
RESPONDING PARTY/REQUESTING PARTY ................................................................
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Paragraph # 9
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ...............................................................
11
Paragraph # 10
OFFICIAL REQUEST: ................................................................................. : ..................
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Paragraph # 11
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE; INFORMATION ...............................................................
12
Paragraph # 12
JUSTIFIED FAILURE TO RESPOND ...............................................................................
12
Paragraph # 13
INDEMNIFICATION ........................................................................................................
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Paragraph # 14
DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT
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Paragraph # 15
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES .........................................................................................
13
Paragraph # 16
CONTROL OF FIRE, RESCUE, EMERGENCY OR DISASTER SCENE ............................. 14
Paragraph # 17
REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE LIMITED .......................................................................
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Paragraph # 18
PRIORITY FOR SIMULTANEOUS CALLS ....................................................................... 14
Paragraph # 19
PRIOR COMMITMENT OF EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 15
Paragraph # 20
PRIORITY FOR SUBSEQUENT CALL ............................................................................. 15
Paragraph # 21
AMENDMENTS ............................................................................................................. 16
Paragraph # 22
ADMINISTRATIVE BODY ............................................................................................... 16
Paragraph # 23
TASK FORCES .......... ; .................................................................................................. 17
Paragraph # 24
PRIORITY OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................ 17
Paragraph # 25
DISPUTES, DISAGREEMENTS AND GRIEVANCES ........................................................ 17
Paragraph # 26
INTERPRETATIONS ....................................................................................................... 17
Paragraph # 27
EFFECTIVE TERM ......................................................................................................... 17
Paragraph # 28
TERMINATION ............................................................................................................... 18
SIGNATURE PAGE ..................................................................................... ~ .................. 19
APPENDIX A
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ~ND APPARATUS LISTING
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THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT for emergency aid and assistance is made and entered into
in Palm Beach County, Florida, as of this = day of 199__, pursuant to
the provisions of Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, the "Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of
1969" as amended, by and between the various parties executin.q this a.qreement, each one
constituting a public agency as defined in Part I of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes.
WITNESSETH-
WHEREAS, Part ! of Chapter 163, Florida Statutes, permits public agencies as defined therein to
enter into interiocal agreements with each other to jointly exercise any power, privilege, or
authority which such agencies shall have in common and which each might exercise separately;
and;
WHEREAS, it is the design, purpose and intention of the parties hereto to permit said parties,
individually and collectively, to make the most efficient use of their respective powers, resources
and capabilities by cooperating in the use of their respective powers, resources and capabilities
in regard to fire, heavy rescue, emergency medical services, and related logistical, strategic and
administrative support, communications services, weather emergencies and disaster relief
functions and, on a basis of mutual advantage, to provide services and facilities in a manner
most consistent with the geographic, economic, demographic and other factors influencing their
respective needs and the development of their respective and joint communities; and
WHEREAS, each party hereto maintains a Fire Department, Fire-Rescue Department or Public
Safety Department with trained emergency service personnel and related apparatus and
equipment; and
WHEREAS, at times, one of the parties hereto may have fire fighting, rescue, emergency
medical service, disaster relief and related demands made upon its equipment or personnel, or
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both, greater than the capacity of the equipment or personnel available within its own jUrisdiction;
and
WHEREAS, during those events which cause demands greater than the capacity of the
equipment or personnel resources available to a party hereto, it would be advantageous t° that
party to have available to it the equipment or personnel, or both, of one or more of the other
parties for backup purposes, direct assignment to an active incident, or the management of a
disaster; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto acknowledge that said emergency events and disasters occur
without prior warning, without a set pattern or frequency and without regard to life, limb or
property; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto further recognize that there is a great mutual advantage in
providing, prior to any emergency operation or disaster, for mutual and/or automatic aid and
assistance, planning, deployment analysis and projections, mutual backup and cooperative use
of the resources available among the affected parties, in order that lives and property may be
saved; and
WHEREAS, said mutual and/or automatic aid, and other cooperative use of resources benefits
all directly or indirectly concerned; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the parties to this Agreement to provide for mutual aid in general,
automatic aid in specific instances when agreed to between the participating parties, and special
operations when authorized by supplemental agreements, to improve efficiency or for
unforeseen emergencies beyond the normal capabilities of a single party.
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WHEREAS, It is not the intent of the parties that the mutual aid aspect of this a,qmement
subsidize normal day-to-day operations of another participatin(l party; and
WHEREAS, participation in this agreement shall not diminish any existing local government's
process or power;,
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenar{ts and promises
contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which and the
adequacy of which are mutually acknowledged, with all parties accordingly waiving any
challenge to the sufficiency of such consideration, it is mutually covenante~, promised and
agreed by the parties hereto as follows:
1. AUTHORITY; GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES; CONDITIONS PRECEDENT: This Interlocal
Agreement is entered into pursuant to the provisions of Section 163.01, Florida Statutes.
commonly known as the "Florida intedocal Cooperation Act of 1969,, and all provisions of said
act are made a part hereof and incorporated as if set forth at length herein, including, but not
limited to, the following specific provisions; as well as the apparatus, staffing, dispatch, response
and communication system standards as hereinafter enumerated:
All of the privileges and immunities and limitations from liability, exemptions from laws,
ordinances and rules, and all pensions and relief, disability, workers' compensation and
other benefits which apply to the activity of officers, agents or employees of the parties
hereto when performing their respective functions within their respective territorial limits for
their respective agencies, shall apply to the same degree and extent to the performance of
such functions and duties of such officers, agents or employees extraterritorially under the
provisions of this Interiocal Agreement.
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(d)
This Intedocal Agreement does not and shall not be deemed to relieve any of the parties
hereto of any of their respective obligations or responsibilities imposed upon them by law,
except to the extent of the actual and timely performance of those obligations or
responsibilities by one or more of the parties to this Agreement, in which case performance
provided hereunder may be offered in satisfaction of the obligation or responsibility.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the delegation of the constitutional
or statutory duties of the State, County, or Municipal Officers.
As a further condition, the following minimum apparatus, personnel and response
standards must be met by all parties to this agreement:
(1) Apparatus - At least one, triple combination pumper with a c~P~acity of at least
1,000 G.P.M., with 400 gallon minimum tank size, and 1,200 feet of 2 1/2 or
larger fire hose and other equipment specified in Paragraph 3, shall be provided
by every party hereto.
(2) Staffing - As specified in Paragraph 6.
(3) Dispatch time frame - Dispatch of apparatus and personnel will be completed
and .confirmed within five (5) minutes of receipt of request for assistance.
(4) Response time frame - Apparatus and personnel will be enroute within two (2)
minutes of being dispatched following receipt of request for assistance.
(5) Communication system access - As specified in Paragraph 7.
2. DEFINITIONS
ADVANCED UFE SUPPORT (A.L.S.) shall mean emergency medical services as defined by
401.23, Florida Statutes.
AUTOMATIC AID shall mean supplementary assistance provided to one or more parties to this
Agreement by another party by separate Agreement or Resolution.
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (B.L.S.) shall mean emergency medical services as defined by 401.23,
Florida Statues.
EMERGENCY AID AND ASSISTANCE shall mean the full scope of fire and emergency medical
services, except those exempted by this Agreement.
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EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (E.M.S.) means the activities or services to prevent or
treat a sudden critical illness or injury and to promote pre-hospital emergency medical care for
the sick and injured.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN means a person providing emergency medical services
as defined by 401.23, Flodda Statutes.
ENGINE/PUMPER shall mean a pumping apparatus meeting the requirements of National Fire
Protection AssoCiation Standard 1901.
FIRE CHIEF shall also mean "Fire Administrator, Fire Director, Director of Emergency Services
or Public Safety :Director.
FIRE FIGHTER shail mean a person who is certified by the State of Florida under Flodda
Statute, Section 633:35, as amended, and possessing either a valid Certificate of Tenure,
Compliance or Completion of FireFighting Minimum Standards.
INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM shall mean the procedures adopted by the Fire Chief's
Association of Palm Beach County for emergency incident management ....
INCIDENT COMMANDER shall mean the person at the scene of an emergency incident who is
designated to command the incident.
MUTUAL AID shall mean mutual and reciprocal aid and assistance between two or more parties
to this agreement.
PARAMEDIC means a person providing emergency medical services as defined by 401.23,
Florida Statutes.
PROTOCOLS shall mean the standing orders and procedures utilized by E.M.S. personnel to
render both A, L.S. anbd B.L.S. care and treatment.
QUINT shall mean a pumper/aerial apparatus meeting the requirements of both National Fire
Protection Association Standards 1901 and 1904.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS shall mean response to, and mitigation/management of hazards
relating to hazardous materials incidents, high angle rescue, confined space rescue, and water
rescue operations.
TRUCK/AERIAL shall mean an aerial ladder apparatus meeting the requirements of National
Fire Protection Association Standard 1904.
3. APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES: It is agreed that at the time of the
execution hereof each party represents that it has the apparatus listed in Appendix A, and that
said apparatus is in good working order and condition. Only the equipment listed in Appendix A,
as supplemented pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Agreement, shall be subject to this Agreement.
In addition to the specifically described major pieces of apparatus listed, said apparatus shall be
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deemed to include all normal appliances, tools, accessories and portable equipment associated
therewith and normally contained thereon as recommended by the basic required equipment
described in the latest editions of National Fire Protection Association Standards No. 1901 and/or
1904, as applicable, and the required eqbipment specified by the State of Florida, Department of
Health and Rehabilitative Services, Division of Emergency Medical Services, in Chapter 10D-66,
Florida Administrative Code, for Advanced and Basic Life Support Units, as amended from time
to time, as applicable.
4. NEW APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES ACQUISITION: Upon the acquisition
of new apparatus, said apparatus, upon being placed in service, shall;"-without formal
amendment hereto, be deemed included in Appendix A. The petty acquiring such new apparatus
shall notify the Administrative Board, in writing, of the acquisition of new apparatus as soon as
the equipment is placed in service and deployed. The Administrative Board shall subsequently
advise all parties to this agreement, in writing, of the acquisition of the new apparatus by
publishing and distributing a revision to Appendix A.
5. CHANGE IN OR DELETION OF APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT OR ACCESSORIES: Nothing
herein shall prohibit, any party from the free disposal or modificatiOn of any of its apparatus,
equipment or accessories, or from temporarily placing all or part or a major part of its apparatus
out of service for the purpose of training, maintenance or repair of the same. However, should
any party actually or effectively dispose of, or eliminate fifty percent (50%) or more of its
apparatus without immediate replacement, said disposal shall be reported immediately to the
Administrative Board and, then, at the option, of the other parties hereto, as determined by a
majOrity vote of the Administrative Board, this Agreement may be conditionally terminated. A
conditional termination shall take effect only if the party whose participation is being terminated
fails to bring its designated in service, active equipment up to the level specified in the notice of
conditional termination within the time limit set forth in the notice by the Administrative Board.
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Such termination shall be in writing and shall not take effect until the Administrative Board has
served written notice upon the City Manager, County Administrator, Chief Administrative Officer,
Mayor or City/Town Clerk of the party whose participation is to be terminated.
6. STAFFING: All responding vehicles shall be staffed by the party responding to a mutual or
automatic aid request. Staffing shall be a complement of a minimum of three (3) Fire Fighters for
each Engine and three (3) Fire Fighters per Truck, Aerial or Quint, and staffing as required by
Chapter 401, Florida Statutes, as amended, for each emergency medical service unit, as well as
appropriately trained personnel for support equipment as may be requested. It is understood
that if additional staffing or personnel are on duty, called for duty, or available ~-0~ the emergency
duty in question, then said additional personnel shall be provided for this purpose.
7. COMMUNICATIONS: Recognizing that radio communication is necessary to successfully
provide fire fighting, emergency medical service, or disaster related assistance, the parties
agree to provide the capability to access the following radio frequency(s):
F.C.C. Radio/Call Sign - KLL578
FREQUENCY(S)
DESIGNATION/USE
154.265. Mutual Assistance
(a) This channel will be restricted to use by command personnel only as described in
Paragraph 10.
(b) Compliance with this section of the Agreement shall be the responsibility of each party
within one (1) year of their execution of the Agreement.
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;
8. RESPONDING PARTY/REQUESTING PARTY: "Responding Party" shall mean the party
which shall fumish or be requested to furnish apparatus, equipment, and/or personnel, in
response to the request of the party within whose jurisdiction the emergency necessitating such
assistance occurs, which second party shall be known as the "Requesting Party".
9. RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE: The parties hereto, mutually agree to
respond to mutual aid fire, emergency medical service, emergency or disaster calls, or requests
of the other with their respective apparatus, equipment and associated personnel as herein
above described, when requested to do so by the Requesting Party, subject to the terms,
conditions and understandings contained in this agreement and within the limits of good Fire
Department practice and procedure, and further, the parties hereto, who have mutually agreed to
assist each 'other by means of automatic aid and/or special operations responses in addition to
mutual aid responses, agree to respond to the request for assistance with pre-determined
apparatus, equipment and personnel within limits of Fire Department practice and procedure.
10. OFFICIAL REQUEST: The following officials of the Requesting Party are authorized to
request mutual and/or automatic assistance from the Responding party pursuant to this
Agreement,
(a) Fire Chief, Deputy or Assistant Fire Chief(s) or
(b) The Senior Officer in Charge/Command of the Requesting Party's Fire Department, Fire-
Rescue Department or Public Safety Department; or
(c) the Incident Commander in charge of an incident in progress.
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11. REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE; INFORMATION: The officer described in Paragraph 10
above requesting mutual or automatic aid shall give the following information at the time that the
request for such assistance is made:
(a) The general nature and type of emergency;
(b) The location of the emergency and/or the Fire Station to be filled by responding resources;
The life or property hazard involved and the type of equipment and/or number of personnel
requested;
(d) Street'routing information when necessary.
The initial request for assistance shall be transmitted by radio, telephone or other reliable
method to the appropriate dispatch/communications center of the Responding Party.
12. JUSTIFIED FAILURE TO RESPOND: The parties recognize and agree that if for any reason
beyond the control of the Responding Party the above-referenced equipment or personnel, or
both, are not available to respond to a request for assistance within the limits of the Requesting
Party, the Responding Party shall not be liable or responsible in any regard whatsoever for the
Responding Paty's failure to respond to such call. The reasons justifying a failure to respond
shall include, but not be limited to the following:
(a) In the opinion of the Senior Officer in command of the Responding Party's Fire Department at
the time of the request for assistance, the Responding Party would suffer undue jeopardy and be
left inadequately protected if the Responding Party responds as requested;
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(b) The requested equipment is inoperative at the time of the request for assistance; or
(c) The requested equipment is being, utilized due to a previous emergency call.
13. INDEMNIFICATION:
Each party shall bear its own responsibility and may only be liable for any claims, demands,
suits, actions, damages and causes of action arising out of those actions resulting from that
party's travel to or from its own or a Requesting Party's emergency or disaster site, or while
deployed pursuant to this Agreement, and no indemnification or hold harmless agreement shall
be in effect concerning such claims, demands, suits, actions, damages and cad§6s of action.
14. DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT: The Requesting Party shall replace, repair or reimburse the
Responding Party for the actual cost of replacement or repair of any of the Responding Party's
apparatus, tools, mechanical equipment or personal protective equipment which may be
damaged or destroyed while at the Requesting Party's emergency or disaster site unless such
damage or destruction is solely the result of errors, negligent acts or omissions of the
Responding Party or any of its. agents, employees or officials.
15. MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES: The Requesting Party shall, at the option of the Responding
Party, either replace or reimburse the Responding Party for the actual cost of all materials and
supplies such as foam, dry chemicals, extinguishing agents, disposable protective garments and
related equipment, medical supplies and consumables used for the-benefit of patients at the
emergency site or disaster, consumed, expended or utilized by the Responding Party in the
course of rendering assistance pursuant to this Agreement while at the Requesting Party's
emergency or disaster site.
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16. CONTROL OF FIRE, RESCUE, EMERGENCY OR DISASTER SCENF: Once the
Responding Pa~y reaches the Requesting Party's emergency or disaster site, the Parties agree
that the Requesting Party's Incident .Commander shall direct the activities and deployment of
personnel and equipment in the area wfiere the emergency exists. Control of each Respective
Party's personnel shall remain with each respective party as to the rendition of service, standards
of performance, discipline of officers and employees and other matters incident to the
performance of services by the Responding Party's personnel. The officer in command of the
personnel of the Responding Party shall not be obligated to obey any order which said officer
reasonably believes to be either in violation of the laws of the State of Florida, the United States
of America, or any order which said officer believes will unnecessarily result in the likelihood of
unreasonable risk of death or bodily injury to the agents, officers or employees of the
Responding party, or in a loss of or damage to the Responding party's equipment. All parties to
this agreement stipulate that they will utilize the "Incident Command System" adopted, and from
time to time revised, by the Fire Chief's Association of Palm Beach County for all appropriate
operations covered by this agreement.
17. REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE LIMITED: A party may request assistance pursuant to this
agreement only when the site of the emergency or disaster causing such a need is within the
jurisdictional limits of the Requesting Party, or is within a jurisdiction which is served by a party
to this Agreement pursuant to an intedocal service agreement or contract between two or more
governmental agencies.
18. PRIORITY FOR SIMULTANEOUS CALLS: In the event of' simultaneous or nearly
simultaneous fire, rescue, emergency or disaster calls relating to emergencies located within
both a Requesting and a Responding Party's boundaries, the call relating to the emergency
located within the boundaries of a party shall take priority over the request for assistance from
the Requesting Party.
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19. PRIOR COMMITMENT OF EQUIPMENT: In the event that a Responding Party's equipment
and personnel are already assigned .or committed to an emergency located within Responding
Parties limits, said equipment and personnel shall not be released to respond to the emergency
call of the Requesting Party until such time as, in the sole and absolute discretion of the officer in
charge of the Responding Party's Fire Department, it is determined that the Responding Party's
equipment and personnel can be released to respond to the Requesting Party's request for
assistance. Only that portion of the Responding Party's equipment and personnel as the Officer
in Charge of the Responding Party's Fire Department shall deem available for release at that
time shall be released to the Requesting Party's emergency or disaster site. '-"
20. PRIORITY FOR SUBSEQUENT CALLS: In the event that the Responding Party's equipment
and personnel are assigned to a location within the Requesting Party's Jurisdictional limits and
an emergency call relating to a fire, rescue, emergency or disaster occurring within the
Responding Party's boundaries is received, the Requesting Party shall, immediately upon being
notified by the Responding Party's officer in command at the site of the R .equesting Party's
emergency of such cimumstances, request such additional outside assistance from other parties
to this agreement, as would timely and effectively permit the. release of the Responding Party's
equipment and personnel so as to enable same to timely respond to the Responding Party's
emergency call site or, if same is not practical or feasible, the Requesting Party agrees that the
Responding Party shall be permitted to immediately leave the emergency or disaster site within
the territory of the Requesting Party and respond to the fire, rescue, emergency or disaster site
within the Responding Party's territory. In any event, should the officer in command of the
Responding Party's fire department require that its equipment and personnel return to an
emergency site within its boundaries in response to a fire, rescue, emergency or disaster call, the
parties agree that the Responding Party has the absolute right to immediately return to the
emergency site within its jurisdictional limits.
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21. AMENDMENTS
An amendment to this Agreement may be initiated by any party to the agreement,
however, said amendment must be presented to the Administrative Board for
consideration, deliberation, determination and action and approval..
All parties hereby' agree to submit to their legislative bodies for final approval, additions to
and deletions from this agreement which have been approved by a two-thirds vote of the
Administrative Board.
(c) Approval of such proposed amendments by two-thirds of the participating agencies'
legislative bodies shall make such amendments effective, and shall be binding upon all
parties continuing to participate in this agreement.
(d) Amendments hereto shall be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Palm Beach
County.
22. ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD:
(a) The Administrative Board shall consist of the Fire Chief
from each of the participating
jurisdictions. The Administrative Board shall have the authority to adopt rules of procedure
for conducting meetings and for ruling upon disputes, disagreements, grievances and other
mattersto be determined by the Administrative Board pursuant to this Agreement.
No party to this Agreement shall in any manner be obligated to pay any debts or liabilities
arising as a result of any action of the Administrative Board.
The Administrative Board members have no authority or power to obligate the parties in
any manner, except that the Administrative Board shall have the power to suspend any
party's further participation for non-compliance with any provisions of the Agreement.
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23. TASK FORCES: The Administrative Board may organize various task forces as it deems
appropriate. Task forces shall be assigned specific topics for research and development.
Recommendations from task force(s) shall be forwarded to the Administrative Board upon
completion of assigned work.
24. PRIORITY OBJECTIVES: In the interest of uniformity and cost effectiveness it is hereby
understood and agreed that task forces will initially be formed by the Administrative Board to
address the following topics: Incident Command; Training; Facility Location Planning;
Communications; Joint Purchasing; and Equipment Specifications and Standard~;[ation.
25. DISPUTES. DISAGREEMENTS AND GRIEVANCES: Disputes, disagreements or
grievances which cannot be voluntarily resolved by the parties directly involved shall be resolved
by the Administrative Board by majority vote, whose decisions in such matters shall be final and
binding upon all parties.
26. INTERPRETATIONS: The Administrative Board shall be the final authority on interpretations
of this Agreement. However, this Agreement is not intended to prohibit or restrict any of the
parties from seeking relief of disputes through the courts. This Agreement shall be construed by
and governed by the laws of the State of Florida.
27. EFFECTIVE TERM: This Agreement shall take effect immediately upon its proper and
complete execution by each Party and upon the filing of a copy of the same with the Clerk of the
Circuit Court in and for Palm Beach County, and shall remain in full force and effect uless
otherwise terminated pursuant to Paragraph 5 or 28.
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28. TERMINATION: Except in the case of termination under Paragraph 5, this Agreement may
be terminated upon forty-five (45) days wdtten notice given by any party to the Administrative
Board who shall within fifteen (15) days, serve wdtten notice to ali parties through their
respective Clerk or Chief Administrative Officer.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be entered into and
executed the day of ,--1~39~.
WITNESSES:
STATE OF.FLORIDA:
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH:
BEFORE ME, an officer duly.authorized by law to administer oaths and take
acknowledgments, personally appeared(-~p~Ft~.~-, TA,JI,-~_ , Mayor, City
Manager and City Clerk, respectively, of the City of ~ Florida, a municipal
corporation of Florida,. and acknowledged they executed the fo?~going Agreement as the proper
$.fficials o~, the City of ~ , and the same is the act and deed of the City of
,.~ THE~, FOREGOING, I have set my hand and official seal at
b~tnTr)n ~)C/~I , In the State and County aforesaid on the ~c> day of
~ ,19q(~.
(SEAL)
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APPENDIX A - List of Participants and Apparatus Listinq
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