HomeMy WebLinkAbout1064 OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 10(1
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE USE OF FIRE APPARATUS, AND
PERSONNEL OPERATI;NG THE SAME, BEYOND THE CORPORATE LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF PASCO- AND PRESCRIBING CONDITIONS THEREOF,)
WHEREAS, in R )C;`W,` 35, 84. 040 every municipal corporation
which owns and operates fire apparatus and equipment may permit under
conditions prescribed by the governing body thereof such equipment and
personnel operating the same to go outside of the corporate limits of such
minicipality and that such use shall be deemed an exercise of a governmental
function thereof, and
WHEREAS, there is in existance an organization known as the
Central Washington Firemerit,s Association formed for the purpose of providing
for the use of fire apparatus and personnel outside of the boundaries of the
subscribing fire departments for emergency conflagrations, and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is necessary to
prescribe certain conditions for said use of the fire apparatus and equipment
of the City of Pasco and its personnel and to authorize the mode of using
such equipment, now, therefore,
FOLLOWS:
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASC0 DO, ORDAIN AS
Section 1, That the Mayor of the City of Pasco, acting by and
through the Chief of the Fire Department, is hereby authorized to dispatch
and use the fire apparatus and equipment of the City of Pasco, together with
` the Fig-- Department personnel operating the same, outside of the corporate
limits of the City of Pasco for the purpose of rendering assistance to
neighboring communities and areas in the event of a threatening conflagration
or other dire emergency. Under no circumstances shall such fire apparatus
and equipment be dispatched outside of the City of Pasco to such an extent
as to deplete existing available equipment or leave the City of Pasco without
adequate fire protection.
Section 2. The Mayor and the City Clerk of the City of
Pasco are hereby authorized and directed to execute on the behalf of the
City of Pasco such mutual aid agreements with adjoining communities or
areas maintaining and operating fire apparatus and equipment or with the
Central Washington Firemenls Association as may be necessary or desirable
to effectuate the orderly dispatch of the City of Pasco fire apparatus and
equipment outside of the City and the reciprocal dispatching of other
apparatus and equipment into the City.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
after its passage and publication as provided by law.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 7/
day of October, 1962.
ATTEST:
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T.' R, VAN HOY _
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City ,Attorney .