Agreement sets on-scene command rules and limits on responses by assisting districts
The agreement states that the Requesting District retains overall command while the assisting district's ranking officer manages that district's personnel; assisting chiefs may decline aid if doing so would imperil their own district.
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The mutual-aid agreement specifies that when one district requests aid, "the Requesting District shall remain in full command of the management of the peril," while the ranking officer from the Assisting District remains in charge of that district's manpower and equipment but otherwise follows the Requesting District's orders.
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