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

member department shall have the authority to modify, amend, or update their department’s MABAS plans, cards, and instructions at any time. Modifications, amendments, or updates to MABAS will be promptly shared and communicated with all member departments and the JECC. SECTION II. SITUATION WHERE ASSISTANCE IS REQUESTED OR NEEDED Utilizing the Johnson County Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS), or by a special request, a member department may request assistance from another member department only when the requesting department, or in the event the department is unavailable or delayed, Johnson County Joint Emergency Communications Center (JECC), has concluded that such assistance is essential to protect life and/or property at a location afforded fire protection, fire prevention, hazardous material releases, emergency medical service, and technical rescue service by the requesting department in its first-due district. Nothing in this agreement will be construed to prohibit a law enforcement officer who is at the scene of an emergency or incident dangerous to the public from requesting additional resources from a responding department, or if no department has responded, from requesting the JECC to page another member department in accordance with applicable police department policy. Generally, when a member department has not acknowledged a page or responded to an emergency call in the department’s first-due response area, upon the third (3rd) page, the JECC will page another member department and/or the closest unit for mutual aid. The JECC may page another member department and/or the closest available unit for mutual aid prior to the third (3rd) page when the need reasonably arises based on the information available at the time. Member departments and the JECC should consider and use available resources, including unit mapping technology, to identify the closest available unit to an emergency call. Departments may use software or applications, including IAMRESPONDING’s “on duty” feature, to share station staffing or scheduling information that may be considered by other member departments and the JECC in the decision-making process. SECTION III. RESPONSE TO REQUEST Upon request, a responding department, upon determination, notification, or becoming aware that an emergency situation or incident dangerous to the public exists, and subject to the availability of personnel and equipment, shall dispatch and respond with trained personnel and equipment to aid the requesting department. A department may respond to an emergency or incident dangerous to the public upon becoming aware of an emergency or incident dangerous to the public outside of the department’s first-due response area as specified by MABAS, a specific or standing request or protocol between departments, such as coverage for a special event or occasion, this Agreement, a separate 28E agreement, or as circumstances or conditions otherwise apply. A responding department will provide notification of its response at that time to make the incident commander, as soon as applicable or practical in the circumstances, aware of the department unit’s response. This section shall be broadly construed to effectuate its purpose. Nothing in this agreement shall prohibit a member department from responding to a non-emergency request for