I-6 - Resolution 2024-053 - Johnson County Mutual Aid 28E Agreement 2024

SECTION II. SITUATION WHERE ASSISTANCE IS REQUESTED OR NEEDED Utilizing the Johnson County 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 requesting department is unavailable or delayed, when 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, or 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 JECC to page another member department. 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, JECC will page another member department and/or the closest unit for mutual aid. 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 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 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. 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 mutual aid. Nothing in this agreement may be construed to limit or restrict the ability of department personnel from rendering aid as a Good Samaritan or in any way waive any defense to complaints, petitions, demands, or legal claims of any kind. SECTION IV. PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT PROVIDED Member departments may identify, prepare, and preplan the number and types of units that may respond to anticipated emergency calls or incident dangerous to the public, however, the requesting and responding department will determine the appropriate and available resources at the time of an emergency call or incident dangerous to the public. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to limit the authority of the chief or designee