92-095 - City of SeaTac - Automatic Mutual Response Fire Protection

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A J FILE .'12" 7 /'-s� DATE 'F' 3 AUTOMATIC MUTUAL RESPONSE A THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 23rd day of Julv. 1992 1992 by and between CITY OF SEATAC, WASHINGTON and CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto maintains equipment and personnel for the suppression of fires within its own jurisdiction and areas, and WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to augment the fire protection available in their various establishments, districts, agencies and municipalities, and WHEREAS, the lands or districts of the parties hereto are adjacent or contiguous so that mutual assistance in a fire emergency is deemed feasible, and WHEREAS, it is policy of these parties to conclude such agreements wherever 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. To the extent each Department has apparatus available when requested by the other, each Department will automatically dispatch the apparatus called for by the other jurisdiction as defined by the attached map. Said apparatus shall be dispatched from the closest station to the emergency, unless said apparatus is out of service, in which case an alternate apparatus shall be dispatched if possible. 2. The rendering of assistance under the terms of this agreement shall not be mandatory, but the party providing the assistance should immediately inform the receiving agency if, for any reason, assistance cannot be rendered. 3. A. Each party to this agreement releases and waives all claims against the other party for compensation for any loss, damage, personal injury, or death occurring in consequence of the performance of this agreement. It is understood that each party shall remain responsible in all respects for its own employees. Page 1