4. 12/17/2003 Agreement
DANNY L. KOLHAGE
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
DATE:
January 13, 2004
TO:
Fire Chief Clark Martin
Fire-Rescue Department
ATTN:
FROM:
Susan Hover
Administrative Assistant
Pamela G. Hanc~
Deputy Clerk
At the December 17, 2003, Board of County Commissioner's meeting the Board granted
approval and authorized execution of a Memorandum of Understanding between Monroe County
and the Naval Air Station Key West regarding Mutual Fire and Emergency Services Assistance
Agreement.
Enclosed are three duplicate originals of the above-mentioned for your handling. Should
you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact this office.
cc: County Administrator w/o document
County Attorney
Finance
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Naval Air Station Key West
PO Box 9036
Key West, FL 33040-9036
Monroe County
500 Whitehead Street, Suite 102
Key West, FL33040
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
NAVAL AIR STATION KEY WEST
AND
MONROE COUNTY
MUTUAL FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT
This agreement, made and entered into this 17th day of December, 2003, by and between
County of Monroe, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, and Naval Air Station Key
West (NASKW).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto maintains equipment and personnel for the
suppression of fires and emergency rescues within its own jurisdiction and areas, and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto 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 hereto 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 the municipalities or other districts and of
their governing bodies to conclude such agreements where 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 of a party of this
agreement to request firefighting or rescue assistance under the terms of this agreement, he or she
is authorized to do so, and the Senior Fire Officer on duty of the fire department receiving the
request shall forthwith take the following action:
a. Immediately determine if apparatus and personnel can be spared in response to the call.
b. Determine 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 of NASKW, 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.
3. Each party to this agreement waives any and all claims against the other party for
compensation for any loss, damage to property, personal injury, and death occurring in
consequence of the performance of this agreement.
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. The technical heads of the fire departments of the parties to this agreement are authorized and
encouraged to draft any Standard Operating Procedures necessary to effect this agreement. Such
plans will become effective when ratified by the signatories, and shall be attached to this
agreement as an exhibit.
7. 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.
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8. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties; it may be amended only
in writing signed by both parties.
REOF, the parties hereto have executed this agreement at on the day and
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Fire Chief
Naval Air Station Key West
CLARK MARTIN
Fire Chief
Monroe County
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Commanding Officer
Naval Air Station Key West
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Mayor
Mbnrcie County
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Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk
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Depttty Clerk
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