1961-099 Mutual Fire Fighting Aid and Protestion with Town of Lake ParkRESOLUTION N0. 99
A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA, CONCERNING MUTLfAL FIRE FIGHTING AID AND PROTECTION WITH
THE TOWN OF LAKE PARK, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA.
the Village of North Palm Beach and the Iown of Lake Park,
Palm Beach County, Florida, are desirous of extending mutual fire fighting
aid and protection to each other in time of emergency need so long as the
same shall not jeopardize the interests of each governmental unit;
THEREFORE, BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL
OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Village of North Palm Beach shall render emergency
fire fighting assistance at any point within the Town o.f Lake Park requested,.
Section 2. Each unit shall provide compensation for their own
employees and there shall be no charges from one unit to another for the
use of equipment.
Section 3. The equipment shall be dispatched to fires as follows:
(a) In the event the Village of North Palm Beach receives the first
notice of a fire in the Town of Lake Park, the Village may dispatch North
Palm Beach equipment at once to the scene_if it is deemed expedient due to
proximity or nature of fire. T:he Village of North Palm Beach shall forthwith
notify the Town of Lake Park Fire Department of the fire and of the fact
that the North Palm Beach equipment has been dispatched. Upon the Town of
Lake Park equipment arriving at the scene, zhe Lake Park fire official in
charge shall decide whether North Palm Beach equipment shall remain upon the
scene to assist or shall be relieved. Once the Lake Park £ire equipment_
arrives at the scene, the direction and control of all fire fighting faci-
lities shall be under the super•,~ision of the Lake Park fire official.
In the event of any fire in Lake Park, the first call of which
shall have been answered by Lake Park equipment, the Lake Park £ise chief or,
in his absence, the Lake Park fireman in charge of that fire shall decide
whether it will be helpful to ok~tain the facilities of the Village of North
Palm Beach
he shall telephone or radio the North Palm Beach Fire
or Police Department and request; the same.
Upon receiving the request, the North Palm Beach Fire Chief_or
the person then in charge of the North Palm Beach Fire Department shall have
full discretion to decide whether granting the request for aid will jeopardize
the fire protection of the Village, and, if in his opinion it will,
request shall be denied.
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(d) When in the opinion of the North Palm Beach fixe chief, deputy
chief, or fireman in charge, the facilities of Lake Park will be helpful
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telephone or radio the Lake Park Fire Department and request aid. Any Lake
Park fire equipment sent to the Village shall be under the control and
direction of the North Palm Beach fire officer in charge. Said equipment,
however, shall be operated only by Lake Pask personnel.
(e) Upon receiving the above request, the Lake Park chief or the
district chief or the person then in charge of the Lake Park Fire pepartment
shall have full discxe-tio~ to decide whether granting -the request for aid
• will jeopardize the fire protection of Lake-Park, and, if in his opinion it
will, the request shall be denied.
Section 4. It is hereby expressly understood that any equipment
furnished by the Village of North Palm Beach shall be operated exclusively
by North Palm Beach personnel but under the direction of the Lake-Park fire
officer in charge.
Section 5. Each of the parties hereto shall arrange theix liability
and worknamts compensation insurance coverage so that their personnel will
' be covered although acting beyond the boundaries of the municipality.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of Januarv, 196.L.
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Mayor
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