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MARTIN LUTHER KING COUNTY <br />INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT <br />FOR AUTOMATIC AID <br />Parties. This ILA is entered into with intent to create Automatic Aid when an Authority Having <br />Jurisdiction are not available or facing draw down, to allow the closest and most appropriate <br />Fire Department to respond to incidents outside of the responding Fire Department's <br />jurisdictional boundaries. All Participating Agencies agree to respond to any reported All Hazard <br />incident with the appropriate resources into the jurisdiction of any other Fire Department that is <br />a Participating Agency. These responses shall not require any specific request, but shall be <br />automatic upon dispatch by the dispatch center, which shall follow the established dispatch <br />protocols. The Parties all understand and agree that any Agency's ability to render Automatic <br />Aid may be limited due to any concurrent emergency condition within its own jurisdiction and the <br />unavailability of its resources. In such situations, the non -responding Agency should inform <br />dispatch of its temporary limitations and it shall be within that Agency's sole discretion to provide <br />mutual aid at such level of aid it can provide. <br />3. Definitions: <br />• All Hazards" shall mean those natural, human -caused, and technology -caused threats <br />to human life or property. Such hazards include, but are not limited to, fires, medical <br />emergencies, hazardous materials releases, and circumstances requiring rescue of <br />imperiled humans. <br />• "Apparatus" shall mean any vehicle approved for fire suppression, medical aid, rescue <br />operations or responding to hazardous materials incidents. <br />• "Automatic Aid" shall mean assistance dispatched automatically by contractual <br />agreement without delay based on computer aided dispatch programmed for "first <br />response" by agreed apparatus. <br />• <br />"Fire Department" shall mean a municipal, regional, or district authority responsible for <br />fighting fires, rescue operations, providing emergency medical services (EMS) and/or <br />fire prevention for a local jurisdiction. <br />"Key Stations" shall mean those stations identified by each Fire Department as key <br />stations for coverage when the local Fire Department or neighboring jurisdictions are <br />facing a drawdown of resources. <br />• "Move Up Plan" shall mean a system of moving fire apparatus to other stations within <br />any of the three Zones in King County to fill uncovered response areas. <br />Martin Luther King County Interlocal Agreement for Automatic Aid 2 <br />