AGREEMENT for EXCHANGE of FIRE PROTECTION
and RESCUE SERVICES - AUTOMATIC AID / INITIAL ACTION with the
CONSOLIDATED FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT of LOS ANGELES COUNTY

 

RECOMMENDATION

It is recommended by the Hermosa Beach Fire Department that City Council approve the "Agreement for Exchange of Fire Protection and Rescue Services - Automatic Aid / Initial Action" with the Consolidated Fire Protection District of Los Angeles County.

BACKGROUND

With the completion of the recent annexations of the Cities of Hawthorne, Gardena, and Inglewood into the Consolidated Fire Protection District of Los Angeles County, it has become necessary to execute this "agreement" so as to honor to as great extent as practical, the preexisting automatic / mutual aid "agreements" that these cities had in place with the City of Hermosa Beach.

This "agreement" will enable both fire departments to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding outlining the procedures for carrying out automatic / mutual aid responses that improve service delivery within the area, and also provide the "District" the authority to enter into a regional automatic / mutual aid agreement with the fire departments of Area G (South Bay).