CONTRACT 5746 OtherAUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT
LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT &
EL SEGUNDO FIRE DEPARTMENT
JULY 1, 2019
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AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENT FOR EXCHANGE OF FIRE PROTECTION,
SPECIALIZED, RESCUE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BETWEEN THE
CITY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
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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 EI Segundo are dispatched
through a central dispatch center known as South Bay Regional Communications
Center (RCC); 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 EI 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:
1. Revisions
This Letter of Agreement may be revised or amended at any time by mutual agreement
of the Fire Chiefs of ELS and LFD. All amendments to this Agreement shall be in
writing and signed by the Fire Chiefs or their duly designated Acting Fire Chiefs.
It is agreed that substantial reductions or modifications of services by any of the
agencies shall be cause for reconsideration of the Agreement.
2. Term
This Agreement shall commence, once executed by all parties hereto, on July 1., 2019
and shall remain operative and effective through June 30. 2022. Parties shall meet on
or about 'October 1. 2021 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.
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3. Mutual Benefits
ELS and LFD intend that this Agreement will 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.
4. Incident Command
In those 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.
5. Commitment of Resources
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.
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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.
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7. Intent of Agreerent
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 jurisdictional agency is able to relieve the assisting
agency 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 Reportinq
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. Trainina
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.
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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 EI Segundo.
Upon receipt by Los Angeles 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.
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ELS agrees to provide a designated fire and EMS response, as jointly agreed upon by
the Fire Chiefs of ELS and LFD, upon request by LFD to designated areas located
within the jurisdiction of Los Angeles.
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13. Dispatch by El Sequndo Fire Department
Upon receipt by the ELS of an alarm within a designated area located within the
jurisdiction of EI 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.
14. Amount and, Tvve of Assistance
A. LFD to ELS
When 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
• Initial Dispatch: The closest available light force and one Battalion Chief into the
city of EI Segundo designated on the attached map.
Additional resources: After the initial dispatch of one light force, ELS may request
up to the remaining balance of a category "B" assignment (one light force, three
engines, one Battalion Chief, and (if necessary) an additional Chief Officer to
serve as an agency representative. Additional resources above a category "B"
assignment may be authorized by the Fire Chief or Deputy Department
Commander of the LFD upon request.
EMS Response
One ALS ambulance into the city of EI Segundo designated on the attached map.
See Map#1A
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)
B. ELS to LFD
When requested by LFD, ELS agrees to provide 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.
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Fire Response
• One Engine on Vista Del Mar from one-half mile north of Imperial Highway on the
north to the EI Segundo city boundary on the south. (See Map#2)
• One Engine on northbound Sepulveda Blvd from Imperial Hwy to Century Blvd.
(See Map#3)
+• One Engine on Aviation Blvd from Imperial to one-half mile north of Imperial Hwy.
(See Map#4)
+• One Engine on eastbound 1-105 freeway from Sepulveda Blvd. to 1-405 freeway.
(See Map #5)
+• One Engine with one ALS/BLS ambulance on Vista Del Mar from one-half mile
north of Imperial Highway on the north to the EI Segundo city boundary on the
south. (See Map#2A)
Freewav Incidents: Fire. EMS, and Technical Rescue
• One engine eastbound on the 1-105 Freeway between the Sepulveda Blvd. and
the 1-405 Freeway. (See Map#5)
15. Communications Svstem
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.
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 channel of
the jurisdictional agency shall be used by all assigned Officers, while each agency's line
personnel may operate on their agency's tactical radio channel(s) as specified in the
communications plan.
For incidents where there is NO Battalion Chief assigned from the agency providing
assistance (i.e. auto and other fires on the freeway, EMS incidents, etc.) agencies'
Company Commanders will communicate with each other using the tactical radio
channel assigned to the agency having jurisdiction.
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16. No Third -Party Benefit
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 a right 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.
18. Hold Harmless
It is mutually understood and agreed that the party requesting assistance is not required
to indemnify the party furnishing assistance as to liability or damage imposed by law
upon the assisting party for any act or omission of the assisting party or its employees
occurring in the performance of the services.
19. No Effect on Master Mutual Aid Agreement.
It is mutually understood that this Agreement will in no way affect or have a bearing on
the existing California Master Mutual Aid Agreement.
This agreement supersedes and cancels any previous Automatic Aid Agreement
between the parties.
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Ily WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed on th6��' day of
_019 and is effective and operative as to each of the parties as herein
prt vided.
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
ByH
RALPH TERRA?AS
Fire Chief 1
Approved as to form and legality:
MICHAEL N. FEUER
City Attorney
By A
KIMBERLY MIERA
Deputy City Attorney
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. SEGUNDO
By
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Fire Chief
Approved as to form:
By
MARK D. HENSL
City Attorney
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By
DRCW BOl S
Mayor
Appr`, `�ed as to content:
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S TT MITNIC
City Manager
Agreement Number: C -%5-3a90