HomeMy WebLinkAbout980502.tiff RESOLUTION
RE: APPROVE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE MUTUAL AID AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO
SIGN - LIFE CARE MEDICAL, INC.
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 to Provide Mutual 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 Ambulance Service, and Life
Care Medical, Inc., with 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 to Provide Mutual 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 Ambulance Service, and Life Care Medical, Inc., 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 30th day of March, A.D., 1998.
BOARD OF COUNTY EB COMMISSIONERS
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/George-E. Baxter
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AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE MUTUAL 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 Ambulance Service
("WCAS"), located at 1121 M Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, and Life Care Medical, Inc.
("LCM"), located at 104 Park Street, Sterling, Colorado 80751. (Hereinafter 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;
WHEREAS, the agencies maintain paid or volunteer emergency medical services
together with personnel and equipment for such purposes.
WHEREAS, The agencies agree that it is to their mutual benefit to 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. Recitals. The above set forth recitals are incorporated herein by reference.
2. Definitions.
2.1 Answering Agency means the agency responding to a request within the boundaries
of another agency.
2.2 Requesting Agency means the agency requesting aid of an answering agency under
this Agreement.
2.3. Director means the person responsible for the ambulance service at the respective
agencies, or his or her designated representative or successor.
2.4. EMT-in-Charge means the Emergency Medical Technician ("EMT") or other
individual in charge of the personnel and facilities of the respective agencies at the scene of the
response.
3. Mutual Assistance and Aid.
3.1. Agreement for Mutual Assistance. Each agency agrees to respond to requests for
assistance within the jurisdictional boundaries of the other agency 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
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answering agency. Such response shall be without charge to the requesting agency.
3.2. Level of Response and Control. 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.
4. Request for Aid or Mutual Notification
4.1. Form of Request for Aid. Any request for aid hereunder 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. In the event emergency medical
services are requested in Northern Weld County, the notification will be as follows:
4.2. Dispatch of WCAS. The Weld County Regional Communications Center will
dispatch WCAS to all pre-hospital medical and trauma calls in Northern Weld County.
4.3. Advisement of Logan County Communications Center. The Weld County Regional
Communications Center shall advise the Logan County Communications Center of all pre-
hospital emergency medical and trauma calls occurring within the following boundaries of Weld
County:
South from the Colorado/Wyoming State border on a line coinciding with Weld County
Road 115 to the Weld County/Morgan County border (See map attached to and
incorporated herein as Exhibit A.).
4.4. Advisement from LCM. If LCM units do respond, it shall be LCM's responsibility
to advise the Weld County Regional Communication Center of the following information:
a. The total number of LCM units responding and their identifying numbers (e.g. "Life
Care Unit #3 is responding.")
b. The total number and levels of certification of the personnel responding (e.g., "One
EMT and one paramedic on board.")
c. Estimated time of arrival to the scene.
5. Protocol for Mutual Aid.
5.1. First Responders. If a first responder is on the scene before either agency, said first
responder shall follow its own protocols to stabilize the patient and prepare for transport, and
shall relinquish control to the EMT-in-Charge of the requesting agency or agencies on the scene.
Said first responder shall then offer assistance, and shall depart the scene if assistance is not
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5.2. LCM First on Scene. If LCM units arrive on scene prior to WCAS units, they are to
assess and triage the scene, initiate any necessary treatment, and relay this information to the
responding WCAS units. It shall be at the discretion of the WCAS units as to whether or not
they continue their response if a cancellation is suggested by LCM units. It shall be LCM's
responsibility to remain on scene until released by the WCAS units.
5.3. Protocol When Both Agencies are on the Scene. The EMT in Charge of the
answering agency shall report to the EMT-in-Charge of the requesting agency at the location to
which the answering agency was dispatched, and shall coordinate all activities with that official.
The resources or facilities that are assigned pursuant to this Agreement shall be under the
immediate supervision of the EMT-in-charge of the answering agency.
5.4 Protocol When Only Answering Agency is on the Scene. If only personnel and
equipment of the answering agency are on the scene to which they were dispatched, the
answering agency will follow its own treatment protocols and procedures, and will determine the
appropriate destination based on its own protocols and procedures. The answering agency may,
but shall not be obligated to, contact the requesting agency's medical base for additional
instructions and a destination site.
5.5. 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.
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. Insurance. At all times that the personnel and equipment of an answering agency
are 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.
6.3. Privileges and Immunities. The equipment and personnel of each of the agencies
while engaged in performing any 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 mutual aid
service is being performed in the jurisdiction of or for the other agency.
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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 gives 60 days advance written notice to the other
agency of its intention to terminate this Agreement.
6.6. Supplementation. This Agreement may be supplemented 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. Employment Relationship. This Agreement does not create an employment
relationship between the agencies. Each agency agrees that its personnel do not become
employees of the other agency as a result of this Agreement. Each agency's equipment and
personnel shall remain the responsibility of that agency even when responding to a request under
this Agreement. Each agency's personnel do not become entitled to any employee's benefits
provided by the other agency as a result of this Agreement.
6.8. Complete Agreement. This Agreement shall supersede and replace any and all
agreements, contracts and written or oral understandings in existence prior to the execution of
this Agreement.
6.9. Modification. This Agreement may be modified only in a writing signed by the
authorized representatives of the parties to this Agreement.
6.10. 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 the Agreement. The Agreement shall
not be construed to create a duty by either party 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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LIFE CARE MEDICAL, INC. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Dou mith Constance L. Harbert, Chair
(03/30/98)
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Date Date
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