REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 9, 2015
FROM: KERRI L. DONIS, Fire Chief
Fire Department
BY: JAVIER LARA, Battalion Chief
Fire Department
SUBJECT
Title
RESOLUTION - Identifying the terms and conditions for Fire Department response away from their official duty station and assigned to an emergency incident
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council approve a Resolution establishing the normal business practice for payment to Fire Department employees when responding away from their official duty station and to emergency incidents as outlined under the pending 2015 California Fire Assistance Agreement.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Every year the Fresno Fire Department assists the State of California, a number of Federal Fire agencies, and/or other local government agencies during times of severe wildfire conditions or other large-scale emergency incidents. Adopting this resolution will communicate to all requesting agencies that the City of Fresno will require to be reimbursed for portal to portal travel and all allowable reimbursements as identified in the agreement, and if not, authorize the Fire Chief to deny future requests for assistance under the Agreement.
BACKGROUND
Every year the Fresno Fire Department assists the State of California, a number of Federal Fire agencies, and/or other local government agencies during times of severe wildfire conditions or other large-scale emergency incidents. These emergencies often require the need of additional emergency personnel and/or fire apparatus to effectively manage the emergency at hand. For many years now, the City has been responsive to these requests for assistance provided there was some form of reimbursement for a majority of these responses to ensure there is no direct impact to the local taxpayer.
The Agreement is the main contract used between the various statewide agencies to share resources and provide a system of reimbursement. However, in 2015, there ...
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