1. 05/17/1977 Agreement
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CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
KEY WEST, FLORIDA
RECORDER
COLLECTOR OF DELINQUENT TAXES
COUNTY CLERK
COUNTY AUDITOR
May 24, 1977
Captain J. E. McCardell
Commanding Officer
Naval Air Station
Boca Chica
Key West, Florida 33040
Dear Sir:
Enclosed please find Mutual Fire Fighting Assistance Agreement
between County of Monroe, State of Florida, and the Commanding
Officer, N.A.S., Key West, Florida, that was approved and
executed by the Board of County Commissioners at a regular
meeting in formal session on May 17, 1977.
Please execute the Agreement and return the original to the
attention of the undersigned and retain the copy for your
files.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me
at 294-6501.
Very truly yours,
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~GtYjtr(fI White
Clerk of Circuit Court
and ex officio Clerk
Board of County Commissioners
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Enclosure
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
U. S. NAVAL AIR STATION
KEY WEST. FLORIDA 33040
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Ser I 4 3 0
1 0 JUN fj77
Ralph W. White
Clerk of Circuit Court
and ex officio Clerk
Board of County Commissioners
Key West, Florida 33040
Dear Mr. White:
Attached please find original copy of duly executed Mutual Fire Fighting
Assistance Agreement between the County of Monroe, State of Florida and
the Commanding Officer, Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida. The copy
has been retained.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
Encl.
MUTUAL FIRE FIGHTING ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, Made and entered into this 17th day of
May, 1977, by and between COUNTY OF MONROE, STATE OF FLORIDA, a
political subdivision of the State of Florida, and the Commanding
Officer N.A.S., Key West, Florida
,
WIT N E SSE T H:
WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto maintains equipment
and personnel for the suppression of fires within its own jurisdic-
tion and areas, and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to augment the fire pro-
tection available in their various establishments, districts,
agencies and municipalities in the event of large fires or con-
flagrations, and
WHEREAS, the lands or districts of the parties hereto are
adjacent or contiguous so that mutual assistance in a fire emergency
is deemed feasible, and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Navy Department and of the
municipalities or other districts and of their governing bodies to
conclude such agreements wherever practicable, and
WHEREAS, it is mutually deemed sound, desirable, practicable,
and beneficial for the parties to this agreement to render assistance
to one another in accordance with these terms;
THEREFORE, BE IT AGREED THAT:
1. Whenever it is deemed advisable by the senior officer
of a fire department belonging to a party to this agreement, or by
the senior officer of any such fire department actually present at
any fire, to request fire fighting assistance under the terms of
this agreement, he is authorized to do so, and the senior officer
on duty of the fire department receiving the request shall forth-
with take the following action:
a. Immediately determine if apparatus and personnel
can be spared in response to the call.
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b. What apparatus and personnel might most effec-
tively be dispatched.
c. The exact mission to be assigned in accordance
with the detailed plans and procedures of operation drawn in accord-
ance with this agreement by the technical heads of the fire depart-
ments involved.
d. Forthwith dispatch such apparatus and personnel
as, in the judgment of the senior officer receiving the call, should
be sent, with complete instructions as to the mission, in accordance
with the terms of this agreement. Provided, however, that when a
call for assistance is received by a Navy fire department, it shall
be referred at once to the Commanding Officer of the activity con-
cerned, or his duly authorized Duty Officer, before any equipment
or personnel is dispatched.
2. The rendering of assistance under the terms of this
agreement shall not be mandatory, but the party receiving the re-
quest for assistance should immediately inform the requesting ser-
vice if, for any reason, assistance cannot be rendered.
3. a. Each party to this agreement waives all claims
against the other party or parties for compensation for any loss,
damage, personal injury, or death occurring in consequence of the
performance of this agreement.
b. All services performed under this agreement
shall be rendered without reimbursement of either party or parties.
4. The technical head of the fire department of the re-
questing service shall assume full charge of the operations, but
if he specifically requests a senior officer of a fire department
furnishing assistance to assume command, he shall not, by relin-
quishing command, be relieved of his responsibility for the opera-
tion; provided, that the apparatus, personnel, and equipment of
the agency rendering assistance shall be under the immediate super-
vision of and shall be the immediate responsiblity of the senior
officer of the fire department rendering assistance.
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5. The chief fire officers and personnel of the fire
departments of both parties to this agreement are invited and
encouraged, on a reciprocal basis, to frequently visit each other's
activities for guided familiarization tours consistent with local
security requirements and, as feasible, to jointly conduct pre-fire
planning inspections and drills.
6. 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.
7. This agreement shall become effective upon the date
hereof and shall remain in full force and effect until cancelled
by mutual agreement of the parties hereto or by written notice by
one party to the other party, giving ten (10) days notice of said
cancellation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
agreement at Key West, Florida
on the day and
year first above written.
COUNTY OF MONROE, STATE OF FLORIDA
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By Mayor~ch~nhorEh;-Bo-a~~r
of County Commissioners of
lfunroe County, Florida
(Seal)
Attest.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that this document
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