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RE: APPROVE AGREEMENT CONCERNING EMS SERVICES IN DESIGNATED AREA AND
FOR PROVIDING MUTUAL AID AND/OR AUTOMATIC AID AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR
TO SIGN - PLATTE VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to
Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of
administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS,the Board has been presented with an Agreement Concerning EMS Services
in Designated Area and for Providing Mutual Aid and/or Automatic Aid between the County of Weld,
State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf
of the Weld County Paramedic Service,and Platte Valley Fire Protection District,with further terms
and conditions being as stated in said agreement, and
WHEREAS,after review,the Board deems it advisable to approve said agreement, a copy
of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County, Colorado, that the Agreement Concerning EMS Services in Designated Area and for
Providing Mutual Aid and/or Automatic Aid between the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and
through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Weld County
Paramedic Service, and Platte Valley Fire Protection District be, and hereby is, approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to
sign said agreement.
The above and foregoing Resolution was,on motion duly made and seconded,adopted by
the following vote on the 1st day of November, A.D., 2004.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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AGREEMENT CONCERNING EMS SERVICES
IN DESIGNATED AREA
AND FOR PROVIDING MUTUAL AID AND/OR AUTOMATIC AID
THIS AGREEMENT entered into by and between the Board of County
Commissioners for the County of Weld, State of Colorado, on behalf of the Weld County
Paramedic Service ("WCPS"), located at 1121 M Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, and
Platte Valley Fire Protection District ("PVFPD"), located at Kersey, CO (Hereinafter,
the named parties may sometimes be referred to jointly as "Agencies," or may be
individually referred to as "Agency").
WHEREAS, the Agencies named above are authorized by Colorado statute to enter
into agreements; and
WHEREAS, the Agencies maintain paid or volunteer emergency medical services
together with personnel and equipment for such purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Agencies desire to set forth their agreement concerning the
provision of emergency medical services ("EMS") to residents of an area located partially
within the Platte Valley Fire Protection District, and outside of the district, but within the
boundaries of Weld County; and
WHEREAS, it is also to the mutual benefit of each of the Agencies to otherwise
assist each other in appropriate circumstances, and they wish to reduce their agreement to
writing.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
and agreements herein set forth, the Agencies agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
1.1. Mutual Aid means the Answering Agency responds at the request of the
Requesting Agency.
1.2. Answering Agency means the Agency responding to a request within the
boundaries of another Agency.
1.3. Requesting Agency means the Agency requesting aid of an Answering Agency
under this Agreement.
1.4. Automatic Aid means the Agency designated in this agreement automatically
responds to calls within the boundaries of another Agency, pursuant to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement.
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1.5. Director means the person responsible for the ambulance and emergency medical
service at the respective Agencies, or his or her designated representative or successor.
1.6. Designated Area means that area described as follows:
The Highway 34 corridor east of WCR 386 to the Weld County line.
2. Providing EMS Services to the Designated Area Through Automatic Aid.
2.1. Agreement Concerning Response to Designated Area. PVFPD and WCPS both
agree to automatically respond to calls located within the Designated Area. The first Agency to
arrive on scene will notify the other Agency when additional assistance for any particular call in
the Designated Area is not warranted. In the event of such notification, the other Agency may
discontinue response to such call, or may continue response, in the notified Agency's discretion.
Each Agency agrees to work with its respective Dispatch Center to ensure that the other Agency
is notified in a timely manner to respond in the Designated Area. Response to the Designated
Area shall be billed directly to the individuals receiving EMS Services by the Agency providing
services pursuant to the billing procedures of that Agency.
3. Providing EMS Services Through Mutual Aid.
3.1. Agreement for Mutual Aid. Each Agency agrees to respond to requests for
assistance within the jurisdictional boundaries of the other Agency, and outside of the Designated
Area, upon request of the Director of the Requesting Agency, if such request is at all times
consistent with the safety and protection of the citizens and property of the Answering Agency, in
the sole judgment of the Director of the Answering Agency. Such mutual aid response shall be
without charge to the Requesting Agency.
3.2. Level of Response and Control in Mutual Aid Response. In response to a mutual
aid call from the Requesting Agency, the Director of the Answering Agency shall have complete
discretion to determine whether or not to respond, and to select the personnel and equipment to
answer the call. The equipment and employees of the Answering Agency shall at all times be
under the supervision and control of the Director of the Answering Agency.
3.3. Form of Request for Aid. Any request for mutual aid shall include a statement of
the amount and type of equipment and personnel requested, and shall specify the location to
which the equipment and personnel are to be dispatched. The Director of the Answering Agency
shall determine the amount and type of equipment and number of personnel to be furnished.
4. Providing EMS Services by Air
4.1. Request for Response by Air. Each Agency has the authority to request an air
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response to the call by helicopter or other air ambulance. The Agency requesting response by air
will work with their respective Dispatch Center to request the air response. Unless otherwise
agreed between the parties, only the Agency requesting the air response shall have the authority
to cancel the requested air response.
5. Protocol for Mutual Aid
5.1. Agency First on Scene. The first Agency to arrive shall take charge of, and
coordinate patient care. Each Agency also agrees to coordinate its efforts with the other as well
as with the first arriving law enforcement agency and/or any other fire agency. If Answering
Agency units arrive on scene prior to Requesting Agency units, Answering Agency will assess
and triage the scene, initiate any necessary treatment, and relay this information to the responding
Requesting Agency units. Requesting Agency units may then decide whether to continue their
response if a cancellation is suggested by Answering Agency units. It shall be Answering
Agency's responsibility to remain on scene until released by the Requesting Agency units.
5.2. Answering Agency Protocols. Any time an Answering Agency responds to a
mutual aid call, the Answering Agency will follow their treatment protocols and procedures.
Each Agency agrees the nearest hospital, patient choice, trauma destination protocol or on-line
medical control, whichever is appropriate, will determine patient destinations.
5.3. Release. The Answering Agency will be released by the Requesting Agency when
the services of the Answering Agency are no longer required or when the Answering Agency is
needed to provide emergency medical care or other emergency public services in its normal
service jurisdiction.
5.4. Communications. Each Agency agrees to notify the other Agency when
responding into the other Agency's district on a mutual aid call. Each Agency agrees to establish
a common radio frequency as assigned by dispatch and agrees to monitor this frequency when
responding into the other Agency's district on a mutual aid call. Notwithstanding any other
provision in this Agreement, until such time that a common radio frequency is otherwise
established, each Agency agrees to utilize the common radio frequency of Fire B, and agrees to
monitor this frequency when responding to a call in the Designated Area or pursuant to a mutual
aid request.
6. Additional Provisions.
6.1. Standard of Care. Each Agency agrees that its equipment, and the actions,
methods and practices of its personnel shall conform to the applicable requirements of Colorado
law and to acceptable methods and practices of emergency response services.
6.2 At all times that the personnel and equipment of an Answering Agency are
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dispatched pursuant hereto, the said personnel and equipment of the Answering Agency shall be
subject only to the liability, worker's compensation, and other insurance of the Answering
Agency. The equipment and employees of the Answering Agency shall at all times be under the
supervision and control of the Director of said Agency, or the Director's designated assistant.
6.3. Privileges and Immunities. The equipment and personnel of each of the Agencies
while engaged in performing any automatic or mutual aid service, activity or undertaking under
this Agreement shall have and retain all rights, privileges and immunity of and be deemed to be
engaged in the service and employment of such Agency, notwithstanding that such automatic or
mutual aid service is being performed in the jurisdiction of or for the other Agency.
6.4. Waiver of Claims. Each Agency waives all claims against the other Agency for
compensation for any loss of or damage to equipment and for any loss, damage, personal injury
or death sustained by its personnel, which occur as a consequence of the performance of this
Agreement.
6.5. Effective Period. This Agreement shall become effective upon the approval and
signature by the last to sign of the authorized representatives of the Agencies hereto and shall
continue until such time as either Agency that is party to this Agreement terminates this
Agreement after having given 60 days advance written notice to the other Agency at the above
set forth address, of its intention to so terminate this Agreement.
6.6. Supplementation. This Agreement may be supplemented at various times by the
Agencies hereto, with various exhibits to be alphabetically designated in chronological order of
adoption and signed by the respective Agencies. These exhibits may set forth specific areas of
first response, additional protocols, and other communications and procedural matters.
6.7. No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to
create a cause of action or civil liability remedy in any person not a party to this Agreement. This
Agreement exists for the sole benefit of the parties to this Agreement. The Agreement shall not
be construed to create a duty by any of the parties to this Agreement to any third party where no
such duty otherwise existed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized representatives of the respective Agencies
hereto have signed on the dates indicated below.
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DISTRICT
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