Automatic Aid Clause Samples
The Automatic Aid clause establishes an agreement between parties, typically emergency service providers, to automatically provide assistance to each other in response to certain incidents or emergencies without the need for a specific request at the time of the event. This clause outlines the conditions under which aid will be rendered, such as geographic boundaries, types of emergencies covered, and the resources to be shared, like personnel or equipment. Its core practical function is to ensure a prompt and coordinated response to emergencies, thereby improving public safety and resource efficiency by eliminating delays that could occur if aid had to be formally requested each time.
Automatic Aid. “Automatic Aid” is defined as the prearranged, automatic response by mutual aid fire companies utilizing the “Closest Resource” concept. Automatic aid is most used in metropolitan, urban, and suburban areas between two or more fire agencies to a specific location with a specified number of resources.
Automatic Aid. Automatic aid responses will be based upon the immediate operational capacity in the receiving jurisdiction and need to respond with the nearest available resources, and will generally be dispatched as a matter of routine by applicable dispatch centers or public safety answering points (PSAPs). The responding Party will provide personnel and equipment, to the extent that such personnel and equipment are reasonably available, in the responding Party’s sole discretion, based upon established practices which include dispatching protocols that are set forth and informally agreed upon by each individual Party. Automatic aid will typically be provided at no cost to the requesting Party. However, if the incident involving automatic aid is one in which cost recovery from a third party is available, pursuant to federal, State, or local law, such as hazardous materials release, the Party in whose jurisdiction the incident occurs is strongly encouraged to invoice and collect recoverable costs. In the event a Party receives such funds, the collecting Party will proportionally distribute funds to additional Parties as applicable pursuant to the relative costs incurred during the response.
Automatic Aid. The EMS department, fire department or district that first arrives to handle the initial response will assume Incident Command and will retain such command until relieved by an appropriate officer of the EMS department, fire department or district within whose jurisdiction the situation is located; thereafter, the appropriate relieving officer shall assume Incident Command. If the incident commander determines that there is still a need for additional assistance from the fire departments or districts of other Parties to this Agreement, the same dispatching procedure shall be used. With the exception of taking operational direction as part of incident command as provided for in this Agreement, for all other purposes the responding resources and personnel will be considered to be operating as part of the responding Party and not the Party receiving such automatic aid.
Automatic Aid. A. The parties agree to provide automatic aid, described as the automatic dispatch of pre- specified fire department apparatus with a minimum of two (2) personnel from the fire department providing the "aid" to the fire department primarily responsible for the property location.
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ County and Citrus County hereby agree that Sumter County and Citrus County will provide primary fire protection services within their respective counties. To ensure the highest level of protection possible, Sumter County and Citrus County agree to provide closest unit response to the location of the emergency and other areas of Sumter County and Citrus County as identified.
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ County agrees to utilize Citrus County to respond automatically to structural fire responses in the area as defined in Appendix A, attached and incorporated as if stated herein.
D. Citrus County agrees to utilize Sumter County to respond automatically to structural fire responses in the area as defined in Appendix A, attached and incorporated as if stated herein.
Automatic Aid a) The Parties agree to establish a mutually beneficial response district within and up to certain feasible boundary limits as designated and agreed upon by the Erath County Volunteer Fire/Rescue Fire Chief, the Stephenville Fire Department Fire Chief, the Erath County Volunteer Fire/Rescue Board of Commissioners and the Stephenville Fire Department City Council
b) In the event a fire, rescue, disturbance, or other fire rescue related emergency occurs within the specific boundary limits established by the Parties, Stephenville Fire Department shall furnish such fire suppression, protection, prevention rescue and emergency medical assistance and response to other local emergencies as may be reasonably required to combat such emergency as part of the first automatic aid response assignment, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement. The initial limits of the "Response District" are outlined below:
1. Dual Response Area - Geographic Limits:
a. This Agreement shall apply to all incidents structure fires in residential, commercial, recreational and rural properties, reported hazardous materials incidents where the first response is provided by a local fire department. This Agreement applies to Emergency Incidents in each parties response area located within the boundaries defined by:
b. Exhibit A. Note: For purposes of this Agreement, the boundary will include both sides of the road way and any property contiguous to either side of the roadway.
Automatic Aid. The DEPARTMENT agrees to respond to emergency incidents in other jurisdictions as dispatched to ensure that essential personnel and/or equipment shall be available. The DEPARTMENT further agrees to receive aid from other jurisdictions to ensure that adequate personnel and resources respond quickly to emergencies.
Automatic Aid. An automatic aid agreement means any agreement under which a municipality agrees to ensure the provision of an initial response to fires, rescues and emergencies that may occur in a part of another municipality where a fire department in the municipality is capable of responding more quickly than any fire department situated in the other municipality; or a municipality agrees to ensure the provision of a supplemental response to fires, and emergencies that may occur in a part of another municipality where a fire department situated in the municipality is capable of providing the quickest supplemental response to fires, rescues and emergencies occurring in the part of the other municipality.
Automatic Aid. The parties shall establish a mutually beneficial first due response district for each fire station for both Cherokee County, Georgia and the City of Woodstock, Georgia as it relates to the response areas within and surrounding the city limits of Woodstock, Georgia and unincorporated Cherokee County, Georgia, as agreed upon by the Cherokee County Fire Chief and the Woodstock City Fire Chief. This shall include Cherokee Fire Stations 1, 7, 24 and Woodstock Fire Stations 10 and
Automatic Aid. An arrangement in which the Agency that is responsible for the emergency fire-fighting vehicle located closest to a structure or brush fire responds to and takes all measures necessary to suppress the fire regardless of whether the fire occurs within the territory served by the Agency.
Automatic Aid. Automatic assistance for aid for all emergency services including but not limited to: Fire, EMS, Technical Rescue, Vehicle Extrication, Dive operations,-1st Response Hazmat.