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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION TO: MICHAEL J.MORNSON CITY MANAGER FROM: JOEL A.HEWITT FIRE CHIEF SUBJECT: STATE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT RESOLUTION DATE: 12/27/01 CC: BACKGROUND In 2000,the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association appointed a committee to develop a state wide mutual aid system.This system is to provide a process to request and receive needed resources to a fire department to assist in mitigating incidents,which are beyond the capacity of a department's availability to assemble the needed resources to resolve to the end of a particular large or complex incident.This concept was a direct result of the St. Peter Tornado in 1989 and the Carlos Avery fire last year,each incident required resources that expanded past each communities mutual aid arrangements.It also makes sense at this time with the new threats in mitigating Bio/ chemical or WMD incidents that now face a communities fire service.Which will require regional or across state resources which now are not included in mutual aid agreements.This system will alleviate any resource issues associated with the boundaries of such agreements. Currently,the St.Anthony Fire Department is a participating member of two local mutual aid associations,the first is the North Suburban Mutual Aid Association that provides the resources of thirty fire departments and the second is the Capital City Mutual Aid Association providing resources of twenty-six departments. The attached resolution once approved will allow us to request resources from the Minnesota State Duty Officer,who will have the availability to request resources from fire departments who participate in the program. By approving this resolution will place our department on the list of resources the Duty Officer may have the availability to call upon.The Fire Chief or their.Designee may deny the request or recall resources dispatched to mutual aid at any time in order to maintain protection to their community. By participating in this program will provide the Fire Department the optimum in resources to protect our citizenry against any emergency the Fire Department may be called upon to resolve. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED The City Council of St.Anthony is requested to approve the attached resolution,allowing our department to participate in the Minnesota State Mutual Aid system.