Chapter 2.24
USE OF FIRE APPARATUS AND PERSONNEL OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS*
Sections:
2.24.010 Authorized when.
2.24.020 Mutual aid agreements with other communities.
*For statutory provisions concerning use of fire apparatus beyond city limits, see RCW 35.84.040.
2.24.010 Authorized when.
The mayor of the city, acting by and through the chief of the fire department, is authorized to dispatch and use the fire apparatus and equipment of the city, together with the fire department personnel operating the same, outside of the corporate limits of the city 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 to such an extent as to deplete existing available equipment or leave the city without adequate fire protection. (Ord. 118 § 1, 1964).
2.24.020 Mutual aid agreements with other communities.
The mayor and the clerk-treasurer of the city are authorized and directed to execute on the behalf of the city such mutual aid agreements with adjoining communities or areas maintaining and operating fire apparatus and equipment or with the Central Washington Firemen's Association as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the orderly dispatch of the city's fire apparatus and equipment outside of the city and the reciprocal dispatching of the other apparatus and equipment into the city. (Ord. 118 § 2, 1964).