Title
Enter Into Cooperative Fire Rate Agreement with Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (Ordinance S-44556)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute an agreement with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (Arizona DFFM), formerly referred to as the Arizona State Forester, to establish reimbursement rates for Fire Department resources. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Arizona DFFM executes bi-annual agreements with fire departments across Arizona to set reimbursement rates for fire department apparatus and firefighters. These rates are utilized in the event that Arizona DFFM engages local fire department resources for a response to an incident. The agreements have been utilized as needed to reimburse the City for incident responses, usually for wildland fires. The agreement will reimburse the City of Phoenix for payroll, overtime backfill, vehicle fuel and/or maintenance costs associated with Fire Department deployment to emergency incidents. If not approved, the City of Phoenix would not be reimbursed by the Arizona DFFM for the aforementioned costs associated with Fire Department deployment to emergency incidents.
Contract Term
The term of the agreement, if approved, will be for two years. It will begin on or around April 15, 2018.
Financial Impact
Because natural and human-caused disasters are unpredictable, the financial impact of deploying resources per the request of the Arizona DFFM cannot be determined in advance. If deployed, the City of Phoenix will be reimbursed by the Arizona DFFM per the Fire Rate Agreement.
Location
The location is city and statewide.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Fire Department.