Common use of Automatic Aid Clause in Contracts

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. 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 may, in its sole discretion, 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.