Common use of -- DISPATCH PRIORITY Clause in Contracts

-- DISPATCH PRIORITY. Each host dispatch center will give dispatch priority to resource offering the greatest advantage to the Government for emergency wildland fire suppression, all-hazard, and severity assignments, BEFORE all other private resources not under this Agreement with the following exceptions: a. For initial attack, dispatchers will follow the "closest forces" concept and utilize locally available resources according to agency and incident needs. The priority dispatch ranking may not be used during initial attack and Contractor resources may or may not be used. b. Tribal preference policy established within reservation jurisdiction. c. Government normally will dispatch resources in accordance with this protocol; however, the number of fire orders in process and actual fire conditions at the time of dispatch may require a deviation from normal procedures in order to respond effectively to such conditions. Any such deviation will be within the discretion of Government, and will not be deemed a violation of any term or condition of this Agreement. Upon receipt of a resource order by a host dispatch center, Government Dispatchers will not hold the Contractor in reserve as a contingency force in a non pay status when that resource is available.

-- DISPATCH PRIORITY. Each host dispatch center will give dispatch priority to resource equipment offering the greatest advantage to the Government for emergency wildland fire suppression, all-hazard, and severity assignments, BEFORE before all other private resources not under this Agreement with the following exceptions: a. For initial attack, dispatchers will follow the "“closest forces" ” concept and utilize locally available resources according to agency and incident needs. The priority dispatch ranking may will not be used during initial attack and Contractor resources CE may or may not be used. b. Tribal preference policy established within reservation jurisdiction. c. Government normally will dispatch resources in accordance with this protocol; however, the number of fire orders in process and actual fire conditions at the time of dispatch may require a deviation from normal procedures in order to respond effectively to such conditions. Any such deviation will be within the discretion of Government, and will not be deemed a violation of any term or condition of this Agreement. . D.6.1.1 Upon receipt of a resource order by a host dispatch center, Government Dispatchers will not hold the Contractor CE in reserve as a contingency force in a non pay status when that resource is available.