2015/08/19 Council Agenda Packet

Il (1) Sole DNR Jurisdiction Incidents: When the City is the first arriving agency; the City on-site initial responders shall establish command until released by a representative of DNR. (2) Sole City Jurisdictional Incidents: When DNR is the first arriving agency; the DNR on-site initial responders shall establish command until released by a representative of the City. (3) Joint Jurisdiction Incidents: The first arriving agency initial responders shall establish command and, upon the arrival of the other agency, unified command will be established and used for incident management. 7. Fire Control and Suppression: (1) Containment: "Containment" is defined as the achievement of an established control line which, under prevailing conditions, can be reasonably expected to check the spread of the fire to structures and forestlands, e.g., cold trail, wet line, line to mineral soil, natural barriers, or combinations of these. As used herein, "under prevailing conditions" includes consideration of resources available for continued operations. "Containment time" will be determined by the incident commander or, if operating under unified command, by mutual agreement of unified command. (2) Contained Forest Land Fires: When contaimnent of forestland fire is achieved, City resources will be released from the incident for return to service and availability for initial alarm response/attack; provided, however, DNR may request that City resources be retained to assist in incident mop -up. (3) Special Resources: "Special resources" include air resources, dozers and heavy equipment, or other resources deemed necessary to contain and control the fire. (4) Ordering: Prior to the arrival of DNR at the incident, the initial attack incident commander may order special resources through DNR. That decision shall be documented and payment authorized (see Section 11 of this Agreement) by DNR prior to the mobilization of special resources. 8. Operations Guidelines: Representatives of the City and DNR shall mutually develop operations guidelines that provide principles, direction and guidance for the conduct of fire control operations. The operations guidelines shall be reviewed at least annually, and revised as necessary to achieve cooperation and understanding. See Attaclmient A for Operating Guidelines, which is incorporated by reference herein. 9. Fire Investigation: The City and DNR agree to protect the origin area of any fire to the best of its ability. Fires will be jointly investigated when an incident originated in a joint jurisdiction area. A DNR fire investigator may investigate fires originating on, spreading to or threatening land subject to Forest Fire Protection Assessment, i.e., sole DNR or joint jurisdiction areas. <<Agreement No» Page 3 of IS M FLtRA 4/7/2015