REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
March 23, 2015
FROM: KERRI L. DONIS, Fire Chief
Fire Department
BY: THEODORE F. SEMONIOUS, Deputy Chief
Fire Department
SUBJECT
Title
Approve the Automatic Aid agreement between the City of Fresno and the City of Clovis
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve the Automatic agreement between the City of Fresno and the City of Clovis.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Approval of the recommended action will assist in maintaining effective readiness. This agreement is 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
This agreement is a continuation of a previous agreement between the two cities. Several changes were made to the agreement. The first includes language where the Fire Chief from each agency has the ability to set the response plan for each agency. The second change is to the termination date of the agreement. Previous agreements had termination dates included in the agreement. As with current agreements between the City of Fresno and other fire agencies, this agreement includes termination language where either party may terminate upon a 60-day notice to the other agency.
ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS
Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") Guidelines, Section 15278, this item does not qualify as a "project" and is therefore exempt from the CEQA requirements.
LOCAL PREFERENCE
Not applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT
The reduction of responses may result in a decrease of maintenance costs on apparatus, resulting in a positive impact to the General Fund.
Attachments:
Agreement: Automatic Aid Fire Suppression and Emergency Services between City of Clovis and City of Fresno 2015
Agreement: Automatic Aid Fire Suppression and Emergency Service between City of Clovis and City of Fresno 2011