REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
August 28, 2014
FROM: KERRI L. DONIS, Fire Chief
Fire Department
BY: THEODORE F. SEMONIOUS, Deputy Chief
Fire Department
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Automatic and Mutual Aid agreements between the City of Fresno, Fresno County Fire Protection District, California Department of Forestry, and Fire Protection Fresno-Kings Unit
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve the Automatic and Mutual Aid agreements between the City of Fresno, Fresno County Fire Protection District, California Department of Forestry, and Fire Protection Fresno-Kings Unit. The approval of these agreements is contingent upon the completion of the meet and confer process between the City of Fresno and International Association of Fire Fighters Local 753.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Approval of the recommended action will assist in maintaining effective readiness. These agreements are mutually beneficial to both agencies and the community in that they provide for the closest resource to be dispatched to an emergency scene regardless of jurisdiction.
BACKGROUND
In 1974, the City of Fresno and then Mid-Valley Fire Protection District (now known as Fresno County Fire Protection District) signed the first automatic aid agreement to provide the closest fire resource to emergencies based on proximity to the event regardless of jurisdiction. This agreement had the effect of providing emergency responders to the jurisdictional border areas in a more efficient manner. Since that time, there have been several automatic and mutual aid agreements signed between the City of Fresno and the Fresno County Fire Protection District.
The most recent agreement was signed in 2003 and included an area bound by First Street to the west, Temperance Avenue to the east, Dakota Avenue to the north, and California Avenue to the south. Within these boundaries are several County islands that are currently protected by the City of Fresn...
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