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House Study Bill 747

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  28E.41  EMERGENCY SERVICES –
  1  2 CONTRACTS FOR MUTUAL AID.
  1  3    1.  A city fire department, benefited fire district, or
  1  4 township fire department may enter into contracts providing
  1  5 for mutual aid regarding emergency services provided by such
  1  6 department or district.  The contracts that are agreed upon
  1  7 may provide for compensation from the parties and other terms
  1  8 that are agreeable to the parties and may be for an indefinite
  1  9 period as long as they include a sixty-day cancellation notice
  1 10 by any party.  The contracts agreed upon shall not be entered
  1 11 into for the purpose of reducing the number of employees of
  1 12 any party.
  1 13    2.  A city fire department, benefited fire district, or
  1 14 township fire department may provide assistance to any other
  1 15 such department or district in the state at the time of a
  1 16 significant emergency such as a fire, earthquake, flood,
  1 17 tornado, hazardous material incident, or other such disaster.
  1 18 The chief or highest ranking fire officer of an assisting
  1 19 department or district may render aid to a requesting
  1 20 department or district as long as the chief or officer is
  1 21 acting in accordance with the policies and procedures set
  1 22 forth by the governing board of the assisting department or
  1 23 district.
  1 24    3.  The chief or highest ranking officer of the city fire
  1 25 department, benefited fire district, or township fire
  1 26 department of the district within which the incident occurs
  1 27 shall maintain control of the incident in accordance with the
  1 28 provisions of chapter 102.  The chief or highest ranking
  1 29 officer of the department or district giving mutual aid shall
  1 30 be in charge of the assisting departmental or district
  1 31 personnel.  
  1 32                           EXPLANATION
  1 33    This bill provides that any city fire department, benefited
  1 34 fire district, or township fire department may enter into
  1 35 mutual aid agreements concerning emergency services provided
  2  1 by that department or district.  The bill provides that in
  2  2 rendering assistance for a disaster pursuant to a mutual aid
  2  3 agreement, the chief of the fire department or district where
  2  4 the incident occurred shall maintain control of the incident
  2  5 as provided in chapter 102 and the chief of the assisting
  2  6 department or district shall only be responsible for the
  2  7 assisting department's or district's personnel.  
  2  8 LSB 4256HA 76
  2  9 ec/sc/14
     

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