19-218 - King County - Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for Automatic Aid

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MARTIN LUTHER KING COUNTY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR AUTOMATIC AID e. Termination: This ILA may be terminated in its entirety by all of the Parties by a two- thirds supermajority of the King County Fire Chiefs at any time. Any party voting in the minority in such vote is entitled to enter into a new Automatic Aid Agreement or Mutual Aid Agreement at any time with any interested local government. f. Operating Independently/Other MAA or AA agreements: Nothing in this ILA shall prevent or exclude any party hereto from operating independently within their jurisdictional boundaries when an incident does not require mutual aid or automatic aid. Nor shall this ILA preclude participating agencies from entering into separate Automatic Aid Agreements or Mutual Aid Agreements with neighboring agencies. 6. Services Provided: The Administrative Board shall determine and agree upon the capabilities of each Fire Department to respond to Automatic Aid incidents and especially incidents requiring special equipment. All Participating Agencies shall have resources staffed 24 hours per day, seven days per week, 365 days per year, with staffing levels consistent with agreed upon standards set by the Administrative Board. All Participating Agencies shall at a minimum maintain the staffing, resources, and equipment that they had available upon the effective date of this ILA or the date upon which such Fire Department was accepted into the ILA. No Agency shall use this agreement to reduce its staffing, resources or equipment, which would have a detrimental effect on other Participating Agencies. All Participating Agencies agree to comply with national incident reporting practices and to deploy best practices related to incident management and employee training. Standards such as NFPA, King County Model Procedures of local policies shall be used as a guide when establishing best practices. All Participating Agencies agree to establish a countywide Move Up Plan. This ILA is intended to cover up to the first 12 hours of an applicable incident. After 12 hours has elapsed, the Washington' State Mutual Aid Agreement should be deployed for the duration of the incident. The AHJ agrees to initiate the recall of personnel for incidents within two hours of a Responding Agency/Fire Department being deployed into the jurisdictional boundaries of the AFIJ to respond to an incident. 7. Financing/Use of Resources: Martin Luther King County Interlocal Agreement for Automatic Aid 4