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INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMAN >YJ
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ORDINANCE NO. ,� y 3
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE CITY TO CONTRACT BY ORDINANCE WITH THE COLE COUNTY
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OPERATION AND INTERCHANGE OF
COMMON SERVICE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN CASE OF MAJOR
CONFLAGRATION OR MAJOR DISASTER.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS :
Section 1, That the City of Jefferson, Missouri, be and is
hereby authorized and empowered to contract, and does hereby
contract with the Cole County Volunteer Fire Department to create
a pool of fire fighting equipment and personnel from the fire
departments of the respective areas, and to set up a plan of
mutual assistance in case of a major conflagration or disaster
occurring in any of the respective areas, and which contract is
in words and figures as follows:
"THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into by and between the
City of Jefferson, Missouri, and the Cole County Volunteer Fire
Department, WITNESSETH:
"WHEREAS , the said areas are empowered to enter into this
contract,
"NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements
hereinafter mentioned, to be performed by the said respective
parties , it is agreed between said parties as follows :
"A Joint Fire Department Committee, consisting of one
member from each of the contracting parties, who shall be the Fire
Chief of the fire department of the respective areas, shall be
created and directed to make a survey of the fire departments of
each of the contracting parties and to arrange a pool of such fire
fighting equipment and personnel that could be safely spared from
each or any of the contracting parties to respond to the call for
assistance from any of the parties in case of a major conflagra-
tion or disaster occurring therein .
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The Joint Fire Department Committee shall set up a plan of
mutual assistance among the contracting parties and shall correlat
the fire fighting facilities of each party for the purpose of
mutual safety. In the event of a call for assistance from any of
the areas , all the fire departments from the contracting parties
shall be on the alert to come to the assistance of the city or
parties , responding to the call in case of need, and shall remain
on the alert until the emergency is ended.
"All the fire equipment and personnel pooled for mutual
assistance shall be stationed in the area owning and operating
same and the Chief of the fire department of each party shall be
the judge of whether any part of his equipment and personnel. can
be safely spared from his area at the time and under the circum-
stances in the event of a call for assistance.
"The Joint Fire Department Committee shall prescribe such
rules and regulations as are necessary and incidental to the
efficient operation of the plan of mutual assistance and shall set
up minimum requirements and standards of maintenance of fire 1
equipment and personnel of each of the contracting parties, and in
event any city or area shall fail to maintain their respective
fire equipment and personnel up to the minimum requirements and
standards fixed by the joint fire department committee, the
committee shall give notice in writing of such failure to such
city or area so failing to maintain such requirements and
standards , and if such city or area shall not bring up such
equipment or personnel to the requirements and standards within
six months from the date of such notice, the joint fire department
committee may eliminate such city or area from the pool and plan
of mutual assistance until such requirements and standards are met
"In case of loss or damage to the fire equipment of any of
the contracting parties while responding to the call for assistant
w to any other area pursuant to this agreement, such loss or damage
shall be borne by the party owning and operating such equipment.
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"The term of this contract shall be for a period of five
(5) years from the date it becomes in force and effect."
Section 2. The Chief of the Fire Department of the City of
Jefferson, Missouri, is hereby appointed as a member of the Joint
Fire Department Committee, and is authorized and directed to carry
out the terms of the foregoing contract, and is further authorized
to send such fire fighting equipment and personnel owned and
operated by the City of Jefferson to the assistance of the Cole
County Volunteer Fire Department in case of a major conflagration
or disaster, in the event of a call for assistance, whenever in
his judgment same can be safely spared from the City of Jefferson
at the time and under the circumstances .
Section 3. This ordinance and contract shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage and approval, and as
soon as a similar contract embodying the agreements set_ forth
herein has been passed and approved by the Cole County Volunteer
Fire Department.
Section 4. Upon passage of this ordinance the Clerk of the
City of Jefferson, Missouri, shall certify copy of same and shall
mail a copy to the Cole County Volunteer Fire Department.
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Pn sident of the ou Fi I Mayor
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City Clerk
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