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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 4A STAFF ORIGINATOR: John Swenson, Public Safety Director MEETING DATE: August 10, 2020 TOPIC: City of Hugo Automatic Aid/Mutual Aid Agreement VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 INTRODUCTION The Lino Lakes Public Safety Department (LLPSD) is requesting council approval to enter into a Automatic Aid/Mutual Aid Agreement for fire suppression operations with the Hugo Fire Department. BACKGROUND The Public Safety Department receives and provides fire suppression assistance to the Centennial, Spring Lake Park, Blaine, Mounds View (SBM), and Forest Lake Fire Departments. This fire suppression assistance is for both auto and mutual aid responses. Auto aid response occurs on a structure fire only and results in neighboring jurisdictions being automatically dispatched at the same time as the primary responding fire agency is dispatched. Mutual aid is assistance that may be requested through the dispatch center by the primary fire agency when additional resources are needed to adequately address the response needs. The automatic fire aid enables jurisdictions to leverage partnerships to improve response times and resource deployment. The existence of fire auto aid agreements with neighboring jurisdictions is one of the criteria that the ISO evaluates as part of their review. We will now have agreements in place with all neighboring jurisdictions. The City of Hugo has requested that we enter into an Automatic Aid/Mutual Aid Agreement for the dispatch and use of fire personnel and equipment. This Agreement is attached to this staff report for your review. Lino Lakes fire staff has provided fire assistance 31 times in 2019 and 15 times through June of 2020. Our neighboring jurisdictions provided assistance to our staff 41 times in 2019 and 9 times through June of 2020.