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Attachment A MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE FOR THE 1 AUTOMATIC DISPATCH OF THE CLOSEST EMERGENCY 2 RESPONSE UNIT REGARDLESS OF JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES 3 4 This into this day of 5 , 2016 by and among Cities of Saint Paul, Roseville, Little Canada, 6 Maplewood, Falcon Heights, North Saint Paul, Lauderdale, White Bear Lake, New Brighton, and 7 the Lake Johanna Fire Department Inc. he 8 . 9 10 RECITALS 11 12 A.The Cities/Parties desire to enter into this Agreement to authorize their respective fire 13 departments to provide, and for the participating Cities/Parties to receive, automatic mutual 14 aid to dispatch the closest equipment and personnel to emergency events to provide 15 assistance in the form of fire, rescue, and related services; 16 17 B.The Cities/Parties are authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59 to cooperatively 18 exercise their commonly held powers and mutual aid agreements are critical to providing and 19 supporting emergency services; 20 21 C.The Cities/Parties determine that providing for the automatic dispatch of the closest 22 emergency unit as is authorized in this Agreement is in their best interests and they desire to 23 create an opportunity for other cities and towns to participate in this Agreement. 24 25 AGREEMENT 26 27 In exchange for the mutual promises made herein, the Parties hereby agree as follows: 28 29 I.DEFINITION OF TERMS 30 31 For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms defined in this section shall have the 32 meanings given them below. 33 34 1. 35 Assistance to an Emergency Event. 36 37 2. provision of fire personnel and equipment in response to an 38 Emergency Event. 39 40 3. 41 receives reports of Emergency Events and selects the appropriate Agency to respond 42 to and provide Assistance for the Emergency. 43 44 4. assistance. 45 1