5. 12/20/2006 Agreement DANNY L. KOLHAGE
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
DATE: April23, 2007
TO: Acting Fire Chief James Callahan
Fire-Rescue Department
ATTN: Dance Hayes
Fire-Rescue
FROM: Pamela G. H', co It
Deputy Clerk
At the December 20, 2006, Board of County Commissioner's meeting the Board granted
approval and authorized execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Naval
Air Station Key West and Monroe County regarding Mutual Fire and Emergency Services
Assistance Agreement.
Enclosed is a certified copy of the above-mentioned for your handling. Should you have
any questions please do not hesitate to contact this office.
cc: County Attorney
Finance
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Naval Air Station Key West
PO Box 9001
Key West, FL 33040-9001
Monroe County
500 Whitehead Street, Suite 102
Key West, FL 33040
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
NAVAL AIR ST A nON KEY WEST
AND
MONROE COUNTY
MUTUAL FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT
This Agreement made and entered into this 22nd day of March, 2007, by and between
Monroe County (County), a political subdivision of the State of Florida, and Naval Air Station
Key West (NASKW)
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, each of the parties maintains equipment and personnel for the suppression of
fires and emergency rescues within its own jurisdiction and areas; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to augment fire and emergency services available in their
respective jurisdictions in the event of large fires or unusual emergency incidents; and
WHEREAS, the lands or districts of the parties are adjacent or contiguous so that mutual
assistance in a fire or rescue emergency is deemed feasible; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the NASKW and of County to conclude such agreements
where practicable; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed by the parties to be sound, desirable, practicable, and beneficial to
render assistance to one another in accordance with these terms;
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
I. Whenever it is deemed advisable by the authorized Senior Officer of a fire department of a
party to this Agreement to request firefighting or rescue assistance under the terms of this
Agreement, the authorized Senior Fire Officer on duty of the fire department receiving the
request shall forthwith take the following action:
a. Immediately detemline if apparatus and personnel can be spared in response to the call.
b. Detennine what apparatus and personnel might most effectively be dispatched.
c. Determine the exact mission to be assigned in accordance with the detailed plans and
procedures of operations drawn in accordance with this Agreement by the technical head of fire
departments involved.
d. Forthwith dispatch such apparatus and personnel as, in the judgment of the Senior Fire. .
Officer receiving the call, should be sent, 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 ofNASKW, or the authorized duty officer, before
any equipment or personnel is dispatched.
2. While the rendering of assistance under the terms of this Agreement shall not be mandatory,
the party receiving the request for assistance should immediately inform the requesting service if
service cannot be rendered. A failure to inform or failure to render assistance shall not be
considered a negligent act.
3. The parties agree that neither is the agent of the other. Each party is responsible for any acts of
negligence by its agents or employees.
4. All services performed under this agreement shall be rendered without reimbursement to
either party.
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 consistent with local security requirements and conduct joint pre-incident
planning, inspections, and drills.
6. This agreement shall become effective upon the date hereof and shall be reviewed triennially.
Either party upon written notice to the other may terminate this agreement at any time.
7. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties; it may be amended only
in writing signed by both parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement at on the day and
date written above,
NAV~YWEST
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