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Agreement requires automatic paging, shared radio, and minimum engine dispatch
Summary
The agreement mandates automatic paging of responders on initial alarms, use of a shared radio frequency (noted as "Tango-Tango" while radios are inoperable), explicit coverage maps and a minimum dispatch of one engine with safety-equipped personnel.
The operational section of the agreement requires dispatch centers to "automatically page the Responding Agency on initial alarms" and to notify other agencies by telephone to request automatic aid. The text further requires that "crews must use a shared, pre-designated radio frequency during aid calls" and notes the interim use of "Tango-Tango" because of present radio inoperability.
The agreement also includes a minimum-staffing expectation: "The Responding Agency will dispatch at least one engine with safety-equipped personnel." It preserves the Responding Party's discretion, saying a party "may decline any request if necessary to protect its own jurisdiction," and assigns on-scene command to the first arriving officer until the Requesting Agency assumes control.
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