(A) Purpose. The city finds it desirable and necessary to authorize the Director to dispatch city equipment and personnel to local communities who request aid to combat their emergency, disaster, or major incident consistent with this section.
(B) Dispatch and use of mutual aid. The Director must evaluate the internal needs of the city, and dispatch appropriate available aid. The Director must immediately recall, order and terminate the use of any dispatched equipment and personnel when the need for their use no longer exists, or earlier, when it appears in the best interest of the city. Aid requested from outside the city limits, or extended local aid outside the city limits, will require mutual agreement between the Director and the City Administrator or their designee with input from the appropriate department supervisor.
(C) Authority of the Director. The Director must be fully authorized by an act of the city, and all provisions for compensation of personnel, rental of equipment, liability insurance coverage, workman's compensation insurance and all other safeguards and matters pertaining to the city, its equipment and personnel, must apply in each case as if specifically authorized and directed at such time, whether or not the governing body or authority of the place in which the disaster, major incident, mutual aid, or other occurrence exists, has previously requested and provided for assistance and the use of equipment and personnel under a mutual protection agreement or other type protection agreement within the city.
(Ord. 275, passed 9-2-14)