HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgreement With Utica Fire Protection District AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT
This AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT is entered into this 7th day of August, 2024 by and
between the Utica Township Fire Protection District,by and through its Board of Trustees(the
"District") and the City of Jeffersonville, by and through its Board of Public Works and Safety
(the"City").
AUTOMATIC AID RESPONSE AREA:
Phis agreement shall apply to incidents requiring the need of a fire department response for
structure fires in residential, commercial,recreational, and rural properties in the District.
Jeffersonville Fire Department response plan to areas protected by Utica Fire Department:
Incidents received by Clark County Central Alarm for addresses or occupancies within the
defined are of the District shall result in the automatic,response from Jeffersonville Fire
Department. Jeffersonville Fire Department will respond:
1. to all reported structure fires within the District with two(2) Engine Companies, one(1)
Ladder Company, and one(I) Command Officer.
2. to all rescues/entrapments with one(1)Engine Company,one (1)Truck Company, and one
(1)Command Officer.
3. to any medical call where the patient is unconscious or unresponsive with one(1)
Engine/Truck Company.
This Automatic Aid Agreement shall be in effect twenty-four(24)hours per day, seven(7)days
per week, three hundred sixty-five(365) per year.
No Reimbursement for Costs:No party in this Agreement shall be required to reimburse any
other party for the cost of providing the services set forth in this Agreement. The City shall pay
its own costs for responding to the Emergency Incidents within the described Automatic Aid
Agreement.
Liability/Indemnification: Each party shall waive all claims against the other party for
compensation for any property loss or damage, and/or personal injury or death occurring as a
consequence of the performance of this Agreement. Each party shall bear the liability and/or cost
of damage to its equipment and the death of, or injury to, its personnel, whether the death, injury
or damage occurs at an emergency within the described boundary. To the extent allowed by law,
the City shall indemnify,defend and hold harmless all other parties for damages,claims,
demands, suits,judgments,costs and expenses arising from loss of or damage to private property
and/or the death of or injury to private persons whether caused by the City responding within the
parameters of this Agreement. Provided,however, nothing contained herein shall expand the
immunity of a party granted to it by law.
Termination of Agreement: Either party may withdraw from this Agreement by giving thirty
(30)days written notice to the other party by certified mail.
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