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Little Canada <br />Fire Department, Inc. 325 Little Canada Road East <br />Little Canada, Minnesota 55117 <br />Office: (651) 792-7680 <br />Fax: (651) 766-7092 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To: Mayor Fischer and Members of the City Council <br />From: Don Smiley, Fire Chief <br />Date: July 3, 2025 <br />RE: Capital City Regional Firefighters’ Reciprocal Fire <br />Service Agreement <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Capital City Regional Firefighters’ Association is comprised of 33 fire departments <br />in the East Metro area of the Twin Cities. This agreement represents a collective <br />effort to streamline and strengthen our regional response framework by enabling <br />departments to request and provide mutual aid under clear, standardized terms. It <br />was developed with input from several municipal attorneys representing member <br />departments and was created in alignment with the League of Minnesota Cities’ <br />(LMC) information memo, “Considerations in Mutual Aid Agreements.” The draft <br />has also been reviewed twice by Chris Smith, Risk Management Attorney with the <br />LMC, helping ensure the agreement reflects sound legal principles and municipal <br />risk management best practices. <br /> <br />The Little Canada Fire Department has belonged to this association since our inception <br />in 1945. This agreement has not been updated since 2005. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Approve the Reciprocal Fire Services Agreement between the Capital City Regional <br />Firefighter’s Association and Little Canada Fire Department Inc. <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />• Service Agreement <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />