HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 18-22 Approving an Interlocal Agreement with Tarrant County for Mutual Aid TOWN OF WESTLAKE
RESOLUTION NO. 18-22
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
WHEREAS, the Town of Westlake, Texas (the "Town") and Tarrant County desire to
enter into an agreement for mutual aid for fire protection and emergency medical services; and,
WHEREAS, this Agreement is entered into pursuant to Chapter 791 of the Texas
Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the Town finds that the passage of this Resolution is in the best interest for
public safety for the citizens of Westlake.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That, all matters stated in the Recitals hereinabove are found to be true and
correct and are incorporated herein by reference as if copied in their entirety.
SECTION 2: That the Town of Westlake Town Council hereby authorizes the Town
Manager to enter into the interlocal agreement, attached as Exhibit "A".
SECTION 3: If any portion of this Resolution shall, for any reason, be declared invalid
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions
hereof and the Council hereby determines that it would have adopted this Resolution without the
invalid provision.
SECTION 4: That this resolution shall become effective from and after its date of
passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS 18TH DAY OF JUNE 2018.
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The State Of Texas
County of Tarrant
Agreement for Mutual Aid in Fire Protection
And
Emergency Medical Services
This Agreement is entered into by and between the agencies signatory to this agreement,
hereinafter referred to as "Member Local Entity," "Parties," or "Party."
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the governing body of the Member Local Entities, organized under the
general laws of the State of Texas, desire to secure for each Member Local Entity the benefits of
mutual aid in the protection of life and property from fire and in firefighting and emergency
medical services; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement is entered into pursuant to Chapter 791 of the Texas
Government Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1.
The following terms shall have the following meanings when used in this Agreement:
(A) For purposes of this contract, "Member Local Entity" means a:
(1) county, municipality, special district, or other political subdivision of this state
or a state that borders this state; or
(2) volunteer fire department constituted under state law.
(B)For purposes of this contract,"mutual aid"refers to reciprocal assistance by emergency
services under a prearranged plan.
2.
That upon request by the Fire Chief or his/her designee or by the fire alarm operator of one
Member Local Entity to the fire department of the other Member Local entity, available fire
department equipment and personnel will be dispatched in aid of the requesting Member Local
Entity to any point within a reasonable distance of the jurisdictional limits of the responding Local
Entity, subject to the conditions hereinafter stated.
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The Fire Chief of each Member Local Entity shall designate what constitutes a reasonable
travel distance outside the jurisdictional limits of the Local Entity.
It is hereby declared and agreed that an emergency condition shall exist within the
corporate limits of a requesting Member Local Entity when one or more emergencies are in
progress. When such an emergency exists, upon request of the Fire Chief, or his/her designee, or
by the fire alarm operator of a Member Local Entity in which the emergency condition exists (the
"requesting Local Entity")to the fire department of another Member Local Entity(the"responding
Local Entity"), the Fire Chief or designee of the responding Local Entity will dispatch such fire
department equipment and personnel to the aid of the requesting Local Entity as he/she deems
advisable subject to the conditions hereinafter set out.
3.
Any dispatch of fire department equipment and personnel pursuant to this Agreement is
subject to the following conditions:
A. It is expressly understood and agreed that before responding in accordance with
this Agreement that each Member Local Entity will have an ordinance, resolution, rule, or
order adopted before the effective date of this Agreement which sets out the standard of
care for emergency action which substantially states the following: "Every officer, agent
or employee of the Member Local Entity and every officer, agent or employee of an
authorized provider of emergency services, including, but not limited to every unit of
government or subdivision thereof, while responding to emergency calls or reacting to
emergency situations, regardless of whether any declaration of emergency has been
declared or proclaimed by a unit of government or subdivision thereof,is hereby authorized
to act or not to act in such a manner to effectively deal with the emergency. An action or
inaction is `effective' if it in any way contributes or can reasonably be thought by the
provider of such emergency service to contribute to preserving any lives or property. This
Section shall prevail over every other ordinance, resolution, rule, or order of the Member
Local Entity and, to the extent to which the Member Local Entity has the authority to so
authorize, over any other law establishing a standard of care in conflict with this section.
Neither the Member Local Entity nor the employee, agent or officer thereof, or other unit
of government or subdivision thereof or its employees, agents or officers shall be liable for
failure to use ordinary care in such emergency. It is the intent of the Member Local Entity,
by passing this ordinance, resolution,rule, or order to assure effective action in emergency
situations by those entrusted with the responsibility of saving lives and property by
protecting such government units from liability, and their employees, agents and offices
from nonintentional tort liability to the fullest extent permitted by statutory and
constitutional law, this ordinance, resolution, rule or order shall be liberally construed to
carry out the intent of the Member Local Entity."
B. Any request for assistance under this Agreement shall specify the amount and
type(s)of fire department equipment needed,the MAPSCO location, and the street address
to which the equipment and personnel are to be dispatched.
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Upon a request for mutual aid assistance by a Member Local Entity,under the terms of this
agreement, the typical response set for personnel and equipment would be as follows: one
unit of firefighting apparatus, pumper(engine) or aerial (ladder), with a minimum of three
personnel, or a brush truck or water supply vehicle with a minimum of two personnel, or
an ambulance with a minimum of two personnel. However, variances to the typical
response set for personnel may be agreed upon at the time of the mutual aid request. The
Fire Chief of the responding Local Entity or his/her designee may dispatch additional
equipment and personnel.
Responding personnel must meet the minimum firefighting standards as established by
their jurisdiction or by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection whichever is applicable.
Texas Department of Health certified personnel (Emergency Care Attendant, Emergency
Medical Technician, and Paramedic) may provide emergency medical services to the
degree allowed by their certification and Medical Control.
Supervisory personnel, support equipment and personnel, or additional fire department
equipment and personnel may also be dispatched to the Member Local Entity by direction
of the Fire Chief of the responding Local Entity or his/her designee.
C. The requesting Local Entity must have a command system in place and an incident
commander in charge of the incident.
D. The senior fire representative from the responding Local Entity shall report to and be under
the direction of the requesting Local Entity Incident Commander, and will direct the
utilization of his/her resources to assist in mitigating the emergency in accordance with
accepted procedures.
However, if a member of a responding Local Entity is requested to perform a task that is
in conflict with the responding Local Entity's internal policies,the responding Local Entity
retains the right to advise the officer in charge that the task cannot be completed. If
agreement cannot be reached on the issue, the responding Local Entity has the option of
leaving the scene. Each Party to this Agreement shall at all times be and remain legally
responsible for the conduct of their respective fire department employees regardless of
whether such employees were performing duties under this Agreement at the request of the
requesting Local Entity and regardless of whether such employees were acting under the
authority, direction, suggestion or orders of an officer of the requesting Local Entity. This
assignment of civil liability is specifically permitted by section 791.006(a-1) of the Texas
Government Code ("Code") and is intended to be different than the liability otherwise
assigned under section 791.1006 (a) of the Code. Each Party hereby waives all claims
against the other Party for compensation for any loss, damage, personal injury or death
occurring as a consequence of the performance of the Agreement.
E. Fire department equipment and personnel from the responding Local Entity shall be
released by the Incident Commander as soon as they are no longer needed or when their
services are needed within their normal fire protection area.
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F. In areas where common Member Local Entity jurisdictional lines exist, accurate
determination of jurisdiction may not be possible upon receipt of an alarm. In these cases,
the Local Entity receiving the alarm will dispatch its fire department equipment and
personnel and notify the other affected Local Entity of the alarm. If the emergency is not
within the jurisdictional limits of the responding Local Entity, it is agreed that the services
provided will be considered to have been provided pursuant to this Agreement.
4.
Each Local Entity waives all claims against the other Local Entity for compensation for
any loss,property damage,personal injury or death occurring as a consequence of the performance
of this Agreement.
Neither Member Local Entity shall be reimbursed by the other for costs incurred pursuant
to this Agreement, with the exception of supplies and consumable items.
5.
All equipment used by the responding fire department in carrying out this agreement will,
at the time of action hereunder, be owned by it; and personnel who perform duties pursuant to this
agreement shall receive the same payment, salary, pension, injury or death benefits, workers'
compensation benefits, payment of expenses, and all other compensation and rights for the
performance of those duties, as they would have received for their regular duties in the service of
the Member Local Entity which they serve. Each Member Local Entity shall be solely responsible
for the payment of its costs associated with providing fire department equipment and personnel
under this Agreement for up to twelve (12) consecutive hours of a Mutual Aid.
Thereafter, upon receipt of an invoice, all costs associated with the provision of Mutual
Aid lasting more than twelve consecutive hours shall be paid by the responding Local Entity and
reimbursed by the requesting Local Entity, to the extent permitted by law. Such costs include, but
are not limited to: compensation for personnel; operation and maintenance of equipment; damage
to equipment; and food, lodging and transportation expenses. Formulary to assist cost
determination will be based on the most current FEMA reimbursement schedules set by the
Stafford Act and chapter 418 of the Texas Government Code.
(1) Requests for reimbursement must be submitted as soon as practicable but no later than
sixty days after the return of all personnel deployed under this Agreement. Failure to
submit a request for reimbursement within the specified time frame will result in the
responding Local Entity not being reimbursed for the Mutual Aid provided unless the
requesting Local Entity extends the deadline for filing requests for reimbursement or the
Federal or State Government extends the deadline for filing request for reimbursement.
Such requests shall specifically identify all personnel, equipment, and resources provided;
dates of issuance or duration of deployment, and the unit cost and total costs associated
with each.
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(2) The responding Local Entity shall be responsible for creating and maintaining a record of
all costs incurred,both reimbursed and unreimbursed costs, in providing Mutual Aid under
this Agreement. The record shall be kept for a period of three years from the date the
incident is closed.
(3) In the event federal or state funds are available for costs associated with the provision of
Mutual Aid, the Parties agree that the requesting Local Entity shall make the claim for the
eligible costs of the responding Local Entity on its subgrant application and will disburse
the federal or state share of funds to the responding Local Entity.
(4) Reimbursement under this Section will be made by the requesting Local Entity no later
than: (1) one-hundred eighty days after receipt of the request for reimbursement; or (2)
ninety days after the requesting Local Entity receives reimbursement from the federal or
state government, whichever is sooner.
6.
It is expressly understood that when an employee or volunteer of the responding Local
Entity is performing duties under the terms of this agreement,that person is considered to be acting
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in the line of duty for the purposes of 34 U.S.C.A 10281; is considered to be in performance of
duties within the provisions of Chapter 142, Texas Local Government Code; and shall be entitled
to any other benefits which accrue under law as a result of injury, death, or loss which occurs while
in the line of duty.
7.
It is further understood and agreed that, in the execution of this Agreement and contract,
neither Member Local Entity waives, nor shall be deemed hereby to waive, any immunity or
defense that would otherwise be available to it against claims arising in the exercise of
governmental powers and functions.
8.
This Agreement shall be interpreted under the laws of the State of Texas. The venue for
any lawsuit arising out of this Agreement will be the Fort Worth Division of the Northern District
of Texas if the lawsuit arises in Federal Court or Tarrant County,Texas if the matter arises in State
Court.
9.
The validity of this Agreement and of any of its terms or provisions, as well as the rights
and duties of the Parties hereunder, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas.
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10.
Each Member Local Entity may terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days' written
notice to the other Member Local Entity.
11.
In case one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall be for any reason
held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision, and this Agreement shall be construed as if
the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained in the Agreement.
12.
This Agreement contains all commitments and agreements of the Member Local Entities
regarding mutual fire protection and emergency medical service assistance, and no other prior oral
or written commitments shall have any force or effect.
13.
This Agreement shall become effective between the Parties hereto on the day after it is
fully executed and shall continue in effect for twelve (12) months from the effective date. This
Agreement shall renew automatically for a period of one year upon the completion of the initial
term and each subsequent term thereafter unless and until such time as the governing body of a
Party terminates its participation prior to the date of automatic renewal or as prescribed in Section
10 of this Agreement.
14.
This Agreement may be amended or modified by the mutual agreement of the Parties
hereto, in writing, to be attached to and incorporated into this Agreement.
15.
The undersigned Member Local Entities agree and certify they have complied with one of the
following provisions of this section based on if they are a Governmental Entity or Volunteer Fire
Department:
1. The Parties claiming to be exempt from the Form 1295 requirement acknowledge that they
are governmental entities and not business entities as those terms are defined in Tex. Gov't
Code 2252.908, and therefore, no disclosure of interested parties pursuant to Tex. Gov't
Code Section 2252.908 are required.
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2. The Volunteer Fire Department acknowledges and agrees that it has fully, accurately, and
completely disclosed all interested parties in the attached Form 1295, and has
acknowledged the completeness of this disclosure by filing the Form 1295, attached as
Exhibit A,with the Texas Ethics Commission as required by law.
16.
This Agreement shall be executed by the duly authorized official(s) of the Party as
expressed in the approving ordinance,resolution,rule or order of the governing body of such Party,
a copy of which is attached hereto.
Executed this day of , 2018
Town of Westlake Name of Local Entity
Thomas E. $r lier Name
Town Manager
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Exhibit A
Tarrant County Fire Chief’s Association’s Mutual Aid Agreement
Agency Date
1. City of Richland Hills 04-09-18
2. City of Keller 04-25-18
3. Lockheed Martin 05-03-18
4. City Lake Worth 05-08-18
5. City of Watauga 06-06-18
6. City of Samson Park 06-07-18
7. Town of Westlake 06-18-18
8. City of Blue Mound 06-18-18
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Exhibit A
Tarrant County Fire Chief’s Association’s Mutual Aid Agreement
Agency Date
1. City of Richland Hills 04-09-18
2. City of Keller 04-25-18
3. Lockheed Martin 05-03-18
4. City Lake Worth 05-08-18
5. City of Watauga 06-06-18
6. City of Samson Park 06-07-18
7. Town of Westlake 06-18-18
8. City of Blue Mound 06-18-18
9. City of Grapevine 06-20-18
10. Town of Edgecliff Village 07-12-18
11. City of Haslet 07-16-18
12. City of Euless 08-14-18
13. City of Bedford 07-30-18
14. City of Haltom City 08-13-18
15. City of Roanoke 08-14-18
16. City of White Settlement 08-14-18
17. City of Southlake 08-21-18
18. Town of Trophy Club 08-24-18
19. Tarrant County Fire Marshal 08-28-18
Exhibit A
Tarrant County Fire Chief’s Association’s Mutual Aid Agreement
Agency Date
1. City of Richland Hills 04-09-18
2. City of Keller 04-25-18
3. Lockheed Martin 05-03-18
4. City Lake Worth 05-08-18
5. City of Watauga 06-06-18
6. City of Samson Park 06-07-18
7. Town of Westlake 06-18-18
8. City of Blue Mound 06-18-18
9. City of Grapevine 06-20-18
10. Town of Edgecliff Village 07-12-18
11. City of Haslet 07-16-18
12. City of Euless 08-14-18
13. City of Bedford 07-30-18
14. City of Saginaw 08-07-18
15. City of Haltom City 08-13-18
16. City of Roanoke 08-14-18
17. City of White Settlement 08-14-18
18. City of Southlake 08-21-18
19. Town of Trophy Club 08-24-18
20. Tarrant County Fire Marshal 08-28-18
21. City of Burleson 09-17-18
22. City of Azle 10-16-18
23. City of Colleyville 10-16-18
24. City of Mansfield 10-22-18
25. City of Crowley 11-01-18
Exhibit A
Tarrant County Fire Chief’s Association’s Mutual Aid Agreement
Agency Date
1. City of Richland Hills 04-09-18
2. City of Keller 04-25-18
3. Lockheed Martin 05-03-18
4. City Lake Worth 05-08-18
5. City of Watauga 06-06-18
6. City of Samson Park 06-07-18
7. Town of Westlake 06-18-18
8. City of Blue Mound 06-18-18
9. City of Grapevine 06-20-18
10. Town of Edgecliff Village 07-12-18
11. City of Haslet 07-16-18
12. City of Euless 08-14-18
13. City of Bedford 07-30-18
14. City of Saginaw 08-07-18
15. City of Haltom City 08-13-18
16. City of Roanoke 08-14-18
17. City of White Settlement 08-14-18
18. City of Benbrook 08-16-18
19. City of Southlake 08-21-18
20. Town of Trophy Club 08-24-18
21. Tarrant County Fire Marshal 08-28-18
22. City of Burleson 09-17-18
23. City of Azle 10-16-18
24. City of Colleyville 10-16-18
25. City of Mansfield 10-22-18
26. City of Crowley 11-01-18
27. City of North Richland Hills 12-10-18