1988-038CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS
RESOLUTION NO. 88-38-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS,
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE
THE TARRANT COUNTY RURAL FIRE PREVENTION
DISTRICT CONTRACT FOR FIRE AND/OR AMBULANCE.
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby approved the Tarrant
County Rural Fire Prevention District's contract for Fire and/
or Ambulance Service for the year beginning December 1,1987
through November 30,1988.in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit "A" and authorizes and directs the Mayor to execute
and deliver such agreement to the Board of Fire Commissioners.
Section 2. That this Resolution shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 3rd day ffif *,y, p'988 .
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or of Southlake, Texas
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THIS CONTRACT AND AGREEMENT made and entered into by and between the
Tarrant County Rural Fire Prevention District #1, acting by and through its
Board of Fire Commissioners, hereinafter referred to as DISTRICT and the town
or city of SOUTHLAKE, Texas, a Municipal Corporation, actina by and through its
City Council, hereinafter referred to as CITY:
WITNESSETH:
The above named CITY has a volunteer fire department recognized by the
Insurance Commission of the State of Texas or a full-time professional fire
department, and has, by an order or resolution of its governing body, been
authorized to enter into an Agreement with DISTRICT for providing for the use
of the fire trucks and other fire fighting equipment of the said CITY for the
purpose of fire protection to real and personal property located outside the
boundaries of said CITY and within such distance as such fire department may be
reasonably expected to reach and render service in case of fire, said area
being that outlined in red on the attached Exhibit "B." The CITY hereby agrees
to provide such services.
DISTRICT has appropriated a sum to be paid and distributed to Fire
Departments for such services. CITY and DISTRICT hereby agree that for and in
consideration of the monies to be paid by DISTRICT to CITY, the CITY shall
provide, through its fire department, fire protection services to the areas
hereinabove expressed. DISTRICT agrees to pay to DEPARTMENT an amount based
upon DEPARTMENT'S proportionate per run share determined by allocating the sum
of Two Hundred Eighty -Five Thousand ($285,000.00) Dollars, which share shall be
determined by dividing said sum by the total points per service run as estab-
lished by the 1988 Rules and Regulations adopted by DISTRICT, a copy of which
is attached hereto and marked as EXHIBIT A, for all service runs made in the
unincorporated area of Tarrant County and multiplying that quotient by the
total number of points accrued by DEPARTMENT during the service year.
It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that reports of such
service calls must be received no later than the 15th of the month following
the month in which a service run was made by DEPARTMENT by DISTRICT at its
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offices at 2750 Premier Street, Fort :c.xas in order to be eligible for
payment and the parties further agree that the determination of DISTRICT shall
be final with regard to the allocation of service run points.
It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the total sum
paid by DISTRICT for fire protection and ambulance service to the unincorpor-
ated areas of the County shall in no event exceed the amount budgeted by DIS-
TRICT for such services which sum, for the year 1988, is currently estimated to
be Three Hundred Fifteen Thousand ($315,000.00) Dollars and that DISTRICT is
under no obligation with respect to providing fire fighting equipment or ambu-
lance vehicles or supplies, or any other expenses incidental to the carrying
out of this Contract, and shall have no right, title or interest in and to the
said vehicles and equipment belonging to said DEPARTMENT.
For purposes of determining the payments due hereunder, this Contract
shall be in full force and effect for and during the period beginning December
1, 1987 and ending November 30, 1988, that being the period for which payment
shall be made from the 1988 DISTRICT funds. For response purposes this Agree-
ment shall remain in force until the 1989 DISTRICT budget is approved by the
Fire Commissioners and a new Contract is initiated retroactive to December 1,
1988.
The funds to be paid by DISTRICT for use of the fire fighting and
emergency ambulance equipment and related services in DEPARTMENT'S assigned
area shall be paid out of the general fund of the DISTRICT, and shall be paid
i:o the above named DEPARTMENT as hereinabove provided.
Whenever the DEPARTMENT is responding to a call outside the normal
jurisdictional limits of the FIRE DEPARTMENT it shall operate under the Fire
Code which is in effect within the city limits of such city or fire department
primarily responsible for service to the area being served by DEPARTMENT.
Any fire investigators or other personnel who respond from DISTRICT to
a fire or emergency scene which is under the control of DEPARTMENT shall be
governed by the Fire Code of the DEPARTMENT within whose limits the FIRE
DEPARTMENT normally operates. DEPARTMENT personnel agree to fully cooperate
with DISTRICT personnel.
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Thi provided for in connection t,,ith firc responses and Eiriar-
gency arkulance service shall be in accordance with the Rules and Regulations
promulgated by the Fire Commissioners and shall be limited to those fire re-
sponses and emergency ambulance service calls that are certified by the appro-
priate police department, fire department, or sheriff's department personnel,
as being eligible for payment under this Contract, which payments shall be made
as funds are available to DISTRICT.
4.1ITNESS the signatures of the respective parties hereto this the
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day of 1988.
TARRANT COUNTY RURAL FIRE PREVENTION DISTRICT #1
BY:
ED WILKIE, President
ATTEST:
DON G. BAKER, Secretary- Treasurer
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I -P RRANT COUNTY RU 1 -,AL FIRE PREVENTION DISTRICT POINT SYSTEM .
1988 Rules and Regulations. -
Rues as received by the dispatcher must be of an emergency nature
to qualify for being paid.
Dispatchers should be familiar with their territory, If a dis-
patcher receives a call for another district, the dispatcher should
inform the caller of the proper department, then rncke a reasonable
attempt to notify the proper department before toning out, but has the
responsibi 1 ity of regi-c!!u{ir!o i unable to raise the proper district.
Each run report should have street address and cross street, or
distance and direction of closest cross street (if address is not avail-
able), and the 11APSCO map coordinate.
Fire incidents involving multiple categories will only be paid as
one call. The highest point value category will be used,
There will be no pay for AUTOMATIC Mutual AID, If you and your
neighbor have an automatic mutual aid agreement on certain locations,
please do not ask for pay unless there actually was a need for mutual
aid. The Fire District Board will pay mutual aid only to departments
which were called by the primary responding department, If the primary
department does not respond one fully manned apparatus to the scene of a
call, the mutual aid deportmlent will receive primary response points.
Run reports MUST be received by the 15th of the following month that
the run is made, Any reports received by the Office after the 15th WILL
NOT BE PAID,
We have been asked to verify calls - Just to keep everyone honest
So be forewarned - that spot checks of random reports will be performed,
Value POINTS Awarded to Various Situations
Community Disaster 20 Points
To qualify as a Community Disaster, the emergency
would have to be of grave seriousness, creating a
threat to the safety of a large inhabited area,
Structure Fires:
Structures over 5,000 sq,ft 14 Points
Structures up to 5,000 sq ,f t 10
Outbuildings, detached garages & sheds 6
Mutual Aid (all calls),
Point value is the some as for primary response.
Grass Fires:
500 acres or more 20 Points
Over 5 acres, but less than 500 acres 10
5 acres or less 6
Vehicle Fires 5 "
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Fire Out, investigate
Smell of smoke in house
Smoke of unknown origin
Standby in their fire hall
False Alarm
Rekindle
Rescue
To qualify as a rescue you must remove a person
from a situation that is life threatening and
one that they could not have escaped on their own,
Search & Recovery - Drowning Victims.
First 24 Hours
Each additional 24-hour period
Control Burn
Standby on electrical wires down
Standby on Natural Gas leak
Watervac
Trash or Dumpster fire
Landfill fire
Hazardous Materials Indicent
Requirement of control of hazardous chemicals
or gasses, including major spills, or leaks,
or fuel spills over 25 gallons.
Above incident with fire involved
Ambulance Responses -
Ambulance Transport:
Advance Life Support Transport
Basic Life Support Transport
All no rides
First Responder runs with Fire Department Ambulance
First Responder, No Fire Department Ambulance:
ALS Equipped
BLS Equipped
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ALS transport is when one or more patients are transported by
one ambulance and the ambulance is staffed by a Paramedic or an
EfIT SS and equipped with IV's, Drugs, & EKG Monitor,
BLS transport is t,'hen patients are transported by ambulance that
does not have a Paramedic or E1,1T SS or does not have ALS equipment ,
No points ,;ill be ai;,arded to Deport-wients that contract for Ambulance
Service, -'ho transport.
Ambulunce Transfers will not recei\re any points,
PRESI'NTED TO THE BOARD OF FIRE CO!,:MISSIONERS
AT THEIR 1".117ETING ON APRIL 11, 19'08, 1%14ENI 1T
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