Title
Approval of Interagency Agreement Between Washington State Patrol and City of Olympia
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the agreement between the Washington State Patrol and the City of Olympia for the Mayor's signature.
Report
Issue:
A request to sign an agreement with the State to facilitate the Fire Department's ability to send specially trained members on deployments with the Washington State Patrol for Fire Mobilization. This is a continuation of an agreement that expired on 12/31/13.
Staff Contact:
Greg Wright, Deputy Fire Chief, 360.753.8466
Presenter(s):
Greg Wright
Background and Analysis:
City of Olympia has employees with very specific emergency training that could be valuable to other jurisdictions in time of disaster or large events.
Within the fire service, Fire Mobilization, managed by the Washington State Patrol, is the mechanism that would be used to request these resources. For an agency to be able to send a resource when requested for Fire Mobilization, a contract between the State (Washington State Patrol) and the agency must be in force. The proposed agreement makes resources from the City of Olympia eligible for deployment to help other communities with no financial impact to the City. Sending resources is completely voluntary on the City's part. Resources are only sent if they can be spared at the time. The experience gained during such a deployment is a benefit to the City.
The City of Olympia had such a contract but it has expired. The Fire Department would like to have this agreement in place. This Council Action would approve the agreement for another 5 years.
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
N/A
Options:
1. Approve the agreement between the State of Washington - Washington State Patrol and the City of Olympia for the mayor's signature. Doing so makes resources from Olympia eligible for dep...
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