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CONTRACT 7181 Memorandum of UnderstandingAgreement No. 7181 El Segundo Agreement No. Los Angeles Agreement No. C-200847 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR AUTOMATIC AID AND EXCHANGE OF FIRE PROTECTION, SPECIALIZED, RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BETWEEN THE LOS ANGELES CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE EL SEGUNDO FIRE DEPARTMENT October 1, 2024 Agreement No. 7181 LFD/ELS Automatic Aid Agreement (2024) Page 2 WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement provide fire protection, medical services, specialized and rescue services within their respective jurisdictional limits; and WHEREAS, fire and rescue resources for the City of El Segundo are dispatched through. d central dispatch center known as South Bay Regional Communications Center (RCC) "South Bay"; and WHEREAS, fire and rescue resources for the City of Los Angeles are dispatched through a central dispatch center known as Metropolitan Fire Communications (MFC); and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of El Segundo and Los Angeles to provide the most expeditious response to suppress fires and render other emergency assistance; and WHEREAS, each party is desirous of providing to the other a reasonable and reciprocal exchange of emergency services on a day-to-day basis; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these mutual covenants, the parties hereto agree as follows: Revisions Minor revisions to this Agreement may be approved at any time by mutual agreement of the Fire Chiefs of the El Segundo Fire Department (ELS) and the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LFD). All amendments to this Agreement shall be in writing and signed by each Fire Chief. It is agreed that substantial reductions or modifications of services contemplated under this Agreement by any of the agencies must be facilitated through amendment to this Agreement and approved by ELS and LFD's respective governing bodies. For purposes of this Agreement, "substantial reductions or modifications of services" means any modification of services listed and described in Section 14 below. 2. Term This Agreement shall commence, once executed by all parties hereto, on the date of execution and shall remain operative and effective through June 30 2028. Parties shall meet on or aboutOctober 1 2027 to begin review and revision meetings. Any of the parties may terminate the Agreement at any time by giving written notice to the other party at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of withdrawal. Agreement No. 7181 LFD/ELS Automatic Aid Agreement (2024) Page 3 3. Mutual Benefits ELS and LFD intend that this Agreementwill provide mutual benefits to each party. The Fire Chiefs of ELS and LFD are hereby authorized to identify and revise as they deem necessary any designated areas or types of response periodically as may be dictated by changing conditions and the requirements of mutual benefits to each party. In these instances where the assisting Department arrives before the jurisdictional Department, the assisting Department will take the necessary action dictated by the situation. However, it is assumed that the jurisdictional Department will arrive shortly after the arrival of the assisting Department. Overall command of the incident will be assumed by the jurisdictional Department upon its arrival at the scene. The highest-ranking officer of the assisting Fire 'Department at the incident will become the Agency Representative (AREP). The resources of the assisting Department will be released from the scene as soon as practical by the jurisdictional Fire Department. When it is deemed appropriate, the AREP may enter into Unified Command with the jurisdictional Department's Incident. Commander. It is understood that such a decision may require approval from an Agency Administrator of the assisting and/or jurisdictional Department. A common and agreed upon communications plan shall be established and utilized by all resources and Incident Commanders. It is mutually understood and agreed that this agreement does not relieve either party from the necessity and obligation of using its own resources for furnishing fire and rescue service within any part of its own jurisdiction, and that the assisting party's response to a request for aid will be dependent upon the existing emergency conditions within its own jurisdiction and the status of its resources. All requests for aid shall be via the respective dispatch center. Persons assigned to the dispatch center for each Department ,are authorized to send and receive such requests as per their respective operational procedures. 7. Intent of A re+ernent The intent of this Agreement is to provide the jurisdictional agency with a more efficient and/or effective initial response to an emergency incident. The agreed upon resources should only be utilized until the judsdi',ctional agency is able to relieve the assisting agency Agreement No. 7181 LFD/ELS Automatic Aid Agreement (2024) Page 4 with their own resources and/or obtain the appropriate emergency resources, not to exceed a, 12-hour period of time. If the agreed upon resources are not available from the assisting agency at the time of the request from the jurisdictional agency, the assisting agency need not respond. 8. Fire Incident Re ortin Each agency shall be responsible for obtaining needed information to complete fire reports for incidents within their respective jurisdiction. Assisting units shall contact jurisdictional units to provide appropriate information for completion of fire reports. 9. Trainin Joint training exercises will be conducted periodically upon agreement by the parties (minimum of one per year). These training exercises shall be coordinated with LFD and ELS Battalion Commanders, 10. Services by the Los Angeles City Fire De artment LFD agrees to provide a designated fire, EMS and/or technical rescue response, as jointly agreed upon by the Fire Chiefs of LFD and ELS, upon request by ELS to designated areas located within the jurisdiction of El Segundo. 11. Dispatch b the Los Angeles City Fire Department Upon receipt by LFD of an alarm within a designated area located within the jurisdiction of Los Angeles, LFD, as the jurisdictional Department, will dispatch its nearest available and appropriately designated fire response to that alarm and also notify 'the ELS fire dispatcher who will, in turn, dispatch the agreed -upon ELS response. 12. Services by the El Segundo Fire Department ELS agrees to provide a designated fire and EMS response, as jointly agreed upon by the Agency Representatives and Fire Chiefs of ELS and LFD, upon request by LFD to designated areas located within the jurisdiction of Los Angeles. 13. Dispatch b Ahe E[ Se undo Fire- Department Upon receipt by the ELS of an alarml within a designated, area located within the jurisdiction of El Segundo, ELS (as the jurisdictional Department) will dispatch its nearest available and appropriately designated fire„ EMS, or rescue response to that alarm and also notify an LFD fire dispatcher who will, in turn, dispatch the agreed -upon LFD response. Agreement No. 7181 LFD/ELS Automatic Aid Agreement (2024) Page 5 14. Amount and Type of Assistance A. LFD to ELS "'A+'hen requested by ELS, LFD agrees to provide the following resources to combat emergency incidents which are within the defined areas identified on the attached map... (See map #1) Additional resources may be authorized by the Fire Chief or Deputy Department Commander of LFD upon request. Structure Fire Response (Map #1) Initial dispatch upon request of the on -scene IC: o One Task Force (may be a Light Force and Engine) o One Battalion Chief Additional resources that may be requested by the on -scene Incident Commander. o One Task Force (may be a Light Force and an Engine) o One Engine Company o One Battalion Chief o One Paramedic Ambulance Additional resources above a category "B" assignment must be authorized by the Fire Chief or Deputy Department Commander of the LFD upon request. EMS Response (Request by RCC) (Map #2) An ALS ambulance response request from ELS to LFD may be granted only after Area G resources have been exhausted and/or an estimated on -scene arrival time exceeds 15 minutes. JUMPER Response (JUMPERAA) • One Task Force equipped with air rescue cushion • One Battalion Chief Specialized and Technical Rescue resources • Any request by ELS for specialized and technical resources (e.g. Hazmat, USAR, Heavy Rescue etc.) shall be approved by the LFD Deputy Department Commander (through the MFC Dispatch Center) Agreement No. 7181 LFD/ELS Automatic Aid Agreement (2024) Page 6 B. ELS to LFD When requested by LFD, ELS agrees to provide Automatic Aid with the following resources to combat emergency incidents which are within the defined areas identified on the attached map. Additional resources may be authorized by the ELS Operations Chief/Duty Chief or Fire Chief upon request. Fire Response 0 One Engine on Vista Del Mar from one-half mile north of Imperial Highway on the north to the El Segundo city boundary on the south. (See Map#3) o One Engine on northbound Sepulveda Blvd from Imperial Hwy to Century Blvd. (See Map#4) m One Engine on Aviation Blvd from Imperial to one-half mile north of Imperial Hwy. (See Map#5) « One Engine on eastbound/westbound 1-105 freeway from Sepulveda Blvd. to 1-405 freeway. (See Map #6) One Engine on Pershing Dr from Imperial Hwy to Yz mile north of Imperial Hwy (See Map#3) EMS Responses a One Engine with one ALS ambulance on Vista Del Mar from one-half mile north of Imperial Highway on the north to the El Segundo city boundary on the south. (See Map#7) Freeway Incidents: Fire, EMS, and Technical Rescue One engine eastbound/westbound on the 1-105 Freeway between the Sepulveda Blvd. and the 1-405 Freeway. (See Map#6) Note: If at any time, an engine is unavailable for response from ELS to LFD due to staffing, both parties shall meet and discuss the terms of this agreement. Inability to provide an engine will be considered a substantial reduction of services as outlined in this agreement, Section 1 Revisions. 15. Communications System The Parties agree to share the use of communication systems, radios and radio frequencies for the execution of this Agreement. Sharing of the frequencies must be approved only by authorized personnel for each party and documented in the Incident Action Plan (IAP). The communications plan will be reviewed annually and included in the recurrent joint training exercise. Agreement No. 7181 LFD/ELS Automatic Aid Agreement (2024) Page 7 When a Battalion Chief is assigned to the incident from the assisting agency (i.e. structure fire, swift water and freeway physical rescue), a common command and tactical channel of the jurisdictional agency shall be used by all assigned Officers. For incidents where there is NO Battalion Chief assigned from the agency providing . . on the freeway, Company Commanders will communicate with each other using the tactical radio channel assigned to the agency having jurisdiction. This Agreement shall not be construed as, or deemed to be, an Agreement for the benefit of anyone not a party hereto, and anyone who is not a party hereto shall not have aright of action hereunder for any cause whatsoever. 17. consideration No party furnishing aid pursuant to this Agreement shall be entitled to compensation for services rendered to the requesting agency, it being understood that the respective covenants contained in this Agreement shall constitute the sole consideration for such services. Nothing in the provisions of this Agreement is intended to affect the legal liability of either party by imposing any standard of care different from the standard of care imposed by law. Each party shall bear its own exposure for workers' compensation on its own personnel while furnished to the other party or likewise. It is understood and agreed that neither ELS nor any officer or employee thereof, shall be responsible for any damage or liability incurred by reason of any act of omission by LFD, its officers or employees under or in connection with any work, authority, or jurisdiction delegated to LFD under this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that pursuant to Government Code Section 895.4, LFD shall fully indemnify and hold harmless ELS from any damage or liability incurred by reason of any act or omission by LFD, its officers or employees, under or in connection with any work, authority, or jurisdiction delegated to LFD under this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that neither LFD nor any officer or employee thereof, shall be responsible for any damage or liability incurred by reason of any act or omission by ELS, its officer, or employees, under or in connection with any work, authority, or jurisdiction delegated to ELS under this Agreement. It is also understood and agreed that, pursuant to Government Code Section 895.4, ELS shall fully indemnify and hold harmless LFD Agreement No. 7181 LFD/ELS Automatic Aid Agreement (2024) Page 8 from any damage or liability incurred by reason of any act done or omission by ELS, its officers or employees, under or in connection with any work, authority, or jurisdiction delegated to ELS under this Agreement. 19. No Effect on Master Mutual Aid A rgement It is mutually understood that this Agreement will in no way affect or have a bearing on the existing California Master Mutual Aid Agreement. 20. Previous Agreements Canceled' This agreement supersedes and cancels any previous Automatic Aid Agreement between the parties. (Signature Page Follows) Agreement No. 7181 LFD/ELS Automatic Aid Agreement (2024) Page 9 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed on the 21 _ day of -March 2025-_ ,_..... and is effective and operative as to each of the parties as herein provided. CITY OF LOS ANGELES Kristin M. Crowley Fire Chief Approved as to form and legality: HYDEE FELDSTEIN SOTO City Attorney BY _ SA L FE T)Y Deputy City Attorney 3121 /2025 Attest: PETTY F. SANTOS Interim City Clerk BY _ _P Deputy City Clerk Date:Mar 21, 2025 CITY OF ELSE DO By By GEt RGE AVE"- rm m DAI RELL G85­k6t _.... 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