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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-06-12; City Council; ; The Mutual Threat Zone Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement~ CITY COUNCIL ~ Staff Report Meeting Date: To: From: Staff Contact: 6/12/2018 Mayor and City Council Kevin Crawford, City Manager Mike Davis, Fire Chief Michael.davis@carlsbadca.gov 760-931-2141 CA Review IA.,& Subject: The Mutual Threat Zone Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement Recommended Action Adopt a Resolution approving the Mutual Threat Zone Cooperative Fire Protection (MTZ) Agreement between the Carlsbad Fire Department and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection-San Diego Unit (CAL FIRE), and authorizing the Fire Chief, on behalf of the City, to execute a Mutual Threat Zone Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement with CAL FIRE for the area illustrated in Exhibit 2. ' Executive Summary The pre-designation of Mutual Threat Zone lands between the Carlsbad Fire Department and CAL FIRE will provide emergency responders and incident managers a more efficient and objective determination regarding the jurisdictional threat assessment processes. In the best interest, and to the benefit of all citizens of Carlsbad, public agencies with support capability and/or emergency operation responsibilities should provide prompt inter-agency notifications and coordinated communications. In addition, a unified command process is necessary to effectively mitigate the effects of multi-agency emergencies to enhance public and first responder safety. Adoption of this Resolution would allow for increased resource allocation immediately upon notification of critical wildfire threat to the community. Discussion The MTZ Agreement is a cooperative fire protection agreement between the Carlsbad Fire Department and CAL FIRE identifying Local Responsibility Area (LRA or Carlsbad) lands wherein any wild land fires occurring would constitute a direct threat to State Responsibility Area (SRA or CAL FIRE) lands. This pre-designation of Mutual Threat Zone lands provides emergency responders and incident managers a more efficient and objective determination regarding jurisdictional threat assessment processes so as not to detract from other incident action needs. The agreement will assist both agencies with providing prompt notification of incidents that are within, or a threat to any jurisdictional or functional responsibilities, assist with stronger coordination of initial response communications, and establish a unified command and unified resource ordering process. This will save time during the critical early moments of a wild land fire and provide for more efficient and cohesive initial scene actions between all responders and affected communication centers. As part of the Agreement there is a predesignated June 12, 2018 Item #7 Page 1 of 10 Communication Plan (Exhibit 3) placing all responding personnel on common radio frequencies from the point of initial notification. Fiscal Analysis The Carlsbad Fire Department and CAL FIRE agree that consideration of cost share shall be determined during extended (an operation period greater than 12 hours) or major fire incidents. Such costs will be determined through a separate agreement outside of the MTZ agreement. These agreements may include a Fire Management Assistance Grant {FMAG) or the California Fire Assistance Agreement (CFAA). Next Steps The Fire Chief, on behalf of the City, and the CAL FIRE Unit Chief execute the Mutual Threat Zone Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement. Once the Agreement is executed, all critical fire incidents in the Mutual Threat Zone will have increased response capabilities, common communications, a unified command, and unified ordering process. Environmental Evaluation (CEQA) Pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21065, this action does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of CEQA in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and therefore does not require further environmental review. Public Notification This item was noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was ava ilable for public viewing and review at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting date. Exhibits 1. City Council Resolution. 2. Mutual Threat Zone Map. 3. Mutual Threat Zone Communication Plan. June 12, 2018 Item #7 Page 2 of 10 RESOLUTION NO. 2018-088 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE MUTUTAL THREAT ZONE COOPERATIVE FIRE PROTECTION (MTZ) AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CARLSBAD FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION -SAN DIEGO UNIT (CAL FIRE), AND AUTHORIZING THE FIRE CHIEF, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, TO EXECUTE THE MTZ WITH CAL FIRE WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California has determined that the Carlsbad Fire Department maintains and operates a fire protection organization in the area generally known as Carlsbad; and WHEREAS, CAL FIRE maintains and operates a fire protection organization for providing "basic" protection to the State Responsibility Area Lands; and WHEREAS, the Mutual Threat Zone Fire Protection Agreement is a cooperative fire protection agreement between the Carlsbad Fire Department and CAL FIRE identifying Local Responsibility Area lands wherein any wild land fires occurring would constitute a direct threat to State Responsibility Area lands; and WHEREAS, the pre-designation of Mutual Threat Zone lands provides emergency responders and incident managers a more efficient and objective determination regarding jurisdictional threat assessment processes; and WHEREAS, this agreement will assist both agencies with providing prompt notification of incidents that are within, or a threat to any jurisdictional or functional responsibilities, assist with stronger coordination of initial response communications, and establish a unified command and unified resource ordering process; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows: 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. 2. The Fire Chief is authorized, on behalf of the City of Carlsbad, to execute a Mutual Zone Threat Zone Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement with CAL FIRE (Attachment A). June 12, 2018 Item #7 Page 3 of 10 I .. ,hihit I PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 12th day of June, 2018, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: M. Hall, K. Blackburn, M. Schumacher, C. Schumacher. NOES: None. ABSENT: M. Packard. (SEAL) June 12, 2018 Item #7 Page 4 of 10 COOPERATIVE FIRE PROTECTION AGREEMENT Between CARLSBAD FIRE DEPARTMENT and Attachm ent A CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION (CAL FIRE) MUTUAL THREAT ZONE AGREEMENT This is a COOPERATIVE FIRE PROTECTION AGREEMENT between CITY OF CARLSBAD FIRE DEPARTMENT, hereinafter referred to as DEPARTMENT, and the STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTY AND FIRE PROTECTION (San Diego Unit), hereinafter referred to as CAL FIRE. WHEREAS, DEPARTMENT maintains and operates a fire protection organization in the area generally known as CARLSBAD; and WHEREAS, CALFIRE maintains and operates a fire protection organization for the purpose of providing 'basic" protection to the State Responsibility Area lands. NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto mutually agree as follows: 1. DEPARTMENT and CAL FIRE agree to the Mutual Threat Zone as defined on map (Exhibit 3). 2. DEPARTMENT and CAL FIRE agree to provide timely notification of fire emergency incidents/threats to the other agency through established procedures in each agency Command/Communication Center. 3. DEPARTMENT and CAL FIRE agree to utilize the assigned VHF frequencies as defined in the Mutual Threat Zone Communications Plan (Exhibit 4) for incidents within the Mutual Threat Zone. 4. DEPARTMENT and CAL FIRE agree to a single Unified Ordering Point pre- determined as the Monte Vista Emergency Command Center (MVICC). 5. DEPARTMENT and CAL FIRE agree to utilize Unified Command based on Mutual Threat Zone jurisdictional authority or threat to Jurisdictional Authority. 6. DEPARTMENT and CAL FIRE agree that consideration of Cost Share shall be determined during extended (operation period greater than 12 hours) or major fire incidents. Such costs will be determined through a separate agreement outside of this Mutual Threat Zone agreement. June 12, 2018 Item #7 Page 5 of 10 Attachment A 7. Each party hereto shall indemnify, defend, save and hold harmless the other parties, and each of them and their respective agents, servants and employees, of and from any and all liabilities, claims, demands, debts, suits, actions and causes of action arising out of, or in any manner connected with, any act or omission of such indemnifying party hereunder or its agents, servants, or employees, done or performed pursuant to the terms and condition hereof or arising upon or within the property of such indemnifying party as herein set forth after the date of expiration of the Agreement. 8. Except as may be provided by separate written agreement between the parties, neither party shall be obligated to reimburse hereunder, or for any use of material, damage to equipment, or liability incurred which may occur in the course of rendering the firefighting assistance herein provided. 9. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as a contract under law or equity for the benefit of any third party, which may be affected by the Agreement. I 0. Nothing in this agreement shall preclude either party from exercising its right to seek recovery of costs pursuant to Health and Safety Code sections 13009 and 13009.01. 11. Either party may terminate or modify this Agreement upon ninety (90) days written notice to the other party that year. Fire Chief City of Carlsbad ~--.. /n~--- ~ham Unit Chief-San Diego Unit Department of Forestry & Fire Protection-CAL FIRE June 12, 2018 Item #7 Page 6 of 10 EXHIBIT 2 June 12, 2018Item #7 Page 7 of 10 INCIDENT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS PLAN (ICS 205) 1. Incident Name: 2. Date/Time Prepared: 3. Operational Period: Carlsbad Mutual Threat Zone Date: 03/15/2018 Date From: Date To: Time: Time From: Time To: 4. Basic Radio Channel Use: Channel Zone Ch Name/Trunked Radio RX Freq RX TX Freq TX Mode Remarks Grp. # Function System Talkgroup Assignment N orW Tone/NAG N orW Tone/NAG (A. D, or M) 2 5 Command VHF CDF CMD 3 151.340 103.5 159.345 13/9 Works well throughout entire MTZ including most of the drainage 2 4 Command VHF CDF CMD 2 151.265 103.5 159.330 13 Works well throughout entire MTZ including most of the drainage 2 2 Command VHF MVU 2 151.332 131.8 159.277 4 Good coverage excluding the 5 5 Escondido drainage 2 1 Dispatch VHF MVU 1 151.190 131.8 159.225 4/7/1 Good coverage with a variety of tones available 2 6 Tactical VHF CDF Tac 5 151.250 192.8 151.250 192.8 hard toned 2 8 Tactical VHF CDF Tac 8 151.370 192.8 151.370 192.8 hard toned 2 11 Air to Ground VHF CDF A/G 2 159.262 192.8 159.262 195.8 Preferred A/G, hard toned 5 5 2 8 Air to Ground VHF XSD A/G 156.165 107.2 156.165 107.2 hard toned 5. Special Instructions: Locations of radio checks: Good coverage on CDF VHF channels. Group 2 on 2017 VHF Coastal Portable Fleetmap. 33 3.263 N x 117 13.538 W 33 3.340 N x 117 12.870 W 33 3. 982 N X 11712.130 W 33 4.528 N x 117 12.247 W 33 3.900 N x 117 12.920 W 6. Prepared by (Communications Unit Leader): Name: Bober± Eord Signature: ICS 205 I IAP Page I Date/Time: 032018 m >< :::c OJ -I w June 12, 2018Item #7 Page 8 of 10 ICS 205 Incident Radio Communications Plan Purpose. The Incident Radio Communications Plan (ICS 205) provides information on all radio frequency or trunked radio system talkgroup assignments for each operational period. The plan is a summary of information obtained about available radio frequencies or talkgroups and the assignments of those resources by the Communications Unit Leader for use by incident responders. Information from the Incident Radio Communications Plan on frequency or talkgroup assignments is normally placed on the Assignment List (ICS 204). Preparation. The ICS 205 is prepared by the Communications Unit Leader and given to the Planning Section Chief for inclusion in the Incident Action Plan. Distribution. The ICS 205 is duplicated and attached to the Incident Objectives (ICS 202) and given to all recipients as part of the Incident Action Plan (IAP). All completed original forms must be given to the Documentation Unit. Information from the ICS 205 is placed on Assignment Lists. Notes: • The ICS 205 is used to provide, in one location, information on all radio frequency assignments down to the Division/Group level for each operational period. • The ICS 205 serves as part of the IAP. - ------ Block Block Title Instructions Number 1 Incident Name Enter the name assigned to the incident. 2 Date/Time Prepared Enter date prepared (month/day/year) and time prepared (using the 24-hour clock). 3 Operational Period Enter the start date (month/day/year) and time (using the 24-hour clock) and • Date and Time From end date and time for the operational period to which the form applies. • Date and Time To 4 Basic Radio Channel Enter the following information about radio channel use: Use Zone Group Channel Number Use at the Communications Unit Leader's discretion. Channel Number (Ch #) may equate to the channel number for incident radios that are programmed or cloned for a specific Communications Plan, or it may be used just as a reference line number on the ICS 205 document. Function Enter the Net function each channel or talkgroup will be used for (Command, Tactical, Ground-to-Air, Air-to-Air, Support, Dispatch). Channel Name/Trunked Enter the nomenclature or commonly used name for the channel or talk Radio System Talkgroup group such as the National Interoperability Channels which follow DHS frequency Field Operations Guide (FOG). Assignment Enter the name of the ICS Branch/Division/Group/Section to which this channel/talkgroup will be assigned. RX (Receive) Frequency Enter the Receive Frequency (RX Freq) as the mobile or portable subscriber (N orW) . would be programmed using xxx.xxxx out to four decimal places, followed by an "N" designating narrowband or a "W" designating wideband emissions. The name of the specific trunked radio system with which the talkgroup is associated may be entered across all fields on the ICS 205 normally used for conventional channel programming information. RX Tone/NAC Enter the Receive Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System (CTCSS) subaudible tone (RX Tone) or Network Access Code (RX NAC) for the receive frequency as the mobile or portable subscriber would be programmed. June 12, 2018 Item #7 Page 9 of 10 . . . ,--... .. Block Block Title Instructions Number .. . ·---._ 4 TX (Transmit) Enter the Transmit Frequency (TX Freq) as the mobile or portable subscriber (continued) Frequency (N or W) would be programmed using xxx.xxxx out to four decimal places, followed by an "N" designating narrowband or a "W" designating wideband emissions. TX Tone/NAG Enter the Transmit Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System (CTCSS) subaudible tone (TX Tone) or Network Access Code (TX NAG) for the transmit frequency as the mobile or portable subscriber would be programmed. Mode (A, D, or M) Enter "A" for analog operation, "D" for digital operation, or "M" for mixed mode operation. Remarks Enter miscellaneous information concerning repeater locations, information concerning patched channels or talkgroups using links or gateways, etc. 5 Special Instructions Enter any special instructions (e.g., using cross-band repeaters, secure- voice, encoders, private line (PL) tones, etc.) or other emergency communications needs). If needed, also include any special instructions for handling an incident within an incident. · 6 Prepared by Enter the name and signature of the person preparing the form, typically the (Communications Unit Communications Unit Leader. Enter date (month/day/year) and time Leader) prepared (24-hour clock). • Name • Signature • Date/Time June 12, 2018 Item #7 Page 10 of 10