Title
Consideration of and action on entering into an Interlocal Agreement with Deer Park Independent School District (DPISD) for emergency services during declared emergency periods.
Body
Summary:
This Agreement shall apply during emergency periods as declared by the Mayor or other authorized persons. Typically, this emergency period would be for a category four (4) or five (5) hurricane where the Mayor has ordered an evacuation of the City, but the emergency period could have resulted from a catastrophic event within the City.
This Agreement shall apply to the dispatch of emergency service responses by either or both Parties in response to a disaster as that term is defined in section 418.004 of the Texas Government Code, and in response to actual and imminent incidents that endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the public and require the use of special equipment, trained personnel, or personnel in larger number than are locally available in order to reduce, counteract, or remove the danger caused by the incident.
This Agreement includes the provision of materials, supplies, equipment, and other forms of aid by and between the Parties including the staffing and equipping of emergency operations, and participation by personnel in exercises, drills, or other training activities designed to train and prepare for, cope with, respond to, or prevent the occurrence of any disaster.
Fiscal/Budgetary Impact:
N/A.
Recommended action
Approve entering into an Interlocal Agreement with Deer Park Independent School District for emergency services during declared emergency periods.