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Agreement sets automatic paging, minimum staffing and 'first-arriving' command for aid calls
Summary
The agreement requires dispatch centers to automatically page responders on initial alarms, references an Exhibit A coverage map, sets a minimum of one engine dispatched by a Responding Agency, and keeps command with the first arriving officer until the Requesting Agency assumes control.
The Automatic Aid Agreement requires dispatch centers to "automatically page the Responding Agency on initial alarms" and to notify other agencies by telephone, directing responders to a shared, pre-designated radio frequency when operating under aid. The document specifically notes current use of "Tango-Tango" as the interoperability channel because of a radio inoperability issue.
Operational limits are included: the Responding Party "shall, at its sole discretion, determine the amount and type of resources to be provided and may decline any request if necessary to protect its own jurisdiction." The agreement also states command authority: "The first arriving officer holds command until the Requesting Agency takes over."
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