I-5 - Resolution 2025-011 - Automatic and Mutual Aid Agreement for Surrounding Johnson County - 2025

AUTOMATIC AND MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION, RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN AND SURROUNDING JOHNSON COUNTY, IOWA JANUARY 2025 THIS AGREEMENT is made pursuant to Chapter 28E, Code of Iowa, between any and all of the following: City of Coralville, Iowa; City of Hills, Iowa; City of Iowa City, Iowa; City of Lisbon, Iowa; City of Lone Tree, Iowa; City of North Liberty, Iowa; City of Oxford, Iowa; City of Riverside, Iowa; City of Shueyville, Iowa; City of Solon, Iowa; City of Swisher, Iowa; City of Tiffin, Iowa; City of West Branch, Iowa; Fremont, Lincoln, Pleasant Valley, and City of Lone Tree Fire Association; Jefferson-Monroe Fire Department, Inc.; Solon Tri-Township Emergency Response Agency, Kalona Volunteer Fire Department; Wellman Volunteer Fire Department; and West Liberty Fire Department. WHEREAS, the fire departments or fire districts of all the undersigned parties are members of the Johnson County Mutual Aid Association; and WHEREAS, a stated purpose of the Association is to provide mutual aid in fire protection, fire prevention, hazardous material mitigation, emergency medical service, and rescue; and WHEREAS, Johnson County routinely experiences seasonal increases in population due to a variety of factors; and WHEREAS, Johnson County has experienced significant growth in its population; and WHEREAS, the parties to this agreement protect critical infrastructure of the state; and WHEREAS, occasions may arise where a department may not be able to respond, or may not be able to timely respond with adequate or sufficient personnel or equipment, to an emergency or incident dangerous to the public in the department’s first-due response area; and WHEREAS, occasions may arise whereby additional alarm fires or other emergencies or incidents dangerous to the public would exhaust the available firefighting or emergency response personnel or equipment maintained by one of the parties herein; and WHEREAS, in such a situation the availability of additional firefighting or emergency response personnel and equipment from outside sources might well avert disastrous results, including the loss of life, personal injury, or the loss of property; and WHEREAS, the fire departments or fire districts of all the undersigned parties wish to establish a goal to meet NFPA 1710 or NFPA 1720, as applicable to each department or district; and