Common use of Mutual Aid Clause in Contracts

Mutual Aid. A. Regional, State, or Federal mutual aid requests. Contractor must respond to requests for mutual aid made at the Regional, State, or Federal levels as part of the Regional, State and/or Federal response system, if directed to do so by the MVEMSA Executive Director, her/his designee, or the MHOAC unless the request would fundamentally cause immediate failure of service to the Contractor’s authorized response zone. Any mutual aid refusal must be in consultation with the MVEMSA Executive Director or her/his designee. B. In-County or neighboring jurisdiction Mutual Aid requests. Contractor shall respond to in-county or neighboring jurisdiction Mutual Aid which may be requested through dispatch or the MVEMSA Executive Director or her/his designee, unless the Field Supervisor or dispatch can verify that a given request would cause immediate failure of service to the Contractor’s authorized response zone. All Mutual Aid refusals are to be reported to the MVEMSA Executive Director the next business day following the refusal. Contractor shall maintain and document: 1. The number and nature of Mutual Aid responses it makes into any neighboring jurisdiction; and, 2. The number and nature of Mutual Aid responses made by other ambulance providers to calls originating within the Contractor’s authorized response zone. C. Contractor shall not be held accountable for Emergency Response Time compliance for any Mutual Aid assignment originating outside the authorized response zone and these calls will not be counted in the total number of calls used to determine Response Time compliance. D. It is the MVEMSA desire to ensure that mutual aid does not cause a negative impact on Contractor or other ambulance providers. Should any ambulance provider report an adverse impact, MVEMSA, and impacted parties will agree to engage in a discussion to evaluate such level of mutual aid service between the agencies and all impacted parties will be involved in developing solutions to discuss usage reduction, if any are required.

Mutual Aid. A. Regional, State, or Federal mutual aid requests. Contractor must respond to requests for mutual aid made at the Regional, State, or Federal levels as part of the Regional, State and/or Federal response system, if directed to do so by the MVEMSA Executive Director, her/his designee, or the MHOAC unless the request would fundamentally cause immediate failure of service to the Contractor’s authorized response zonezones. Any mutual aid refusal must be in consultation with the MVEMSA Executive Director or her/his designee. B. In-County or neighboring jurisdiction Mutual Aid requests. Contractor shall respond to in-county or neighboring jurisdiction Mutual Aid which may be requested through dispatch or the MVEMSA Executive Director or her/his designee, unless the Field Supervisor or dispatch can verify that a given request would cause immediate failure of service to the Contractor’s authorized response zonezones. All Mutual Aid refusals are to be reported to the MVEMSA Executive Director the next business day following the refusal. Contractor shall maintain and document: 1. The number and nature of Mutual Aid responses it makes into any neighboring jurisdiction; and, 2. The number and nature of Mutual Aid responses made by other ambulance providers to calls originating within the Contractor’s authorized response zonezones. C. Contractor shall not be held accountable for Emergency Response Time compliance for any Mutual Aid assignment originating outside the authorized response zone zones and these calls will not be counted in the total number of calls used to determine Response Time compliance. D. It is the MVEMSA desire to ensure that mutual aid does not cause a negative impact on Contractor or other ambulance providers. Should any ambulance provider report an adverse impact, MVEMSA, and impacted parties will agree to engage in a discussion to evaluate such level of mutual aid service between the agencies and all impacted parties will be involved in developing solutions to discuss usage reduction, if any are required.

Mutual Aid. A. Regional, State, or Federal mutual aid requests. Contractor must respond to requests for mutual aid made at the Regional, State, or Federal levels as part of the Regional, State and/or Federal response system, if directed to do so by the MVEMSA Executive Director, her/his designee, or the MHOAC unless the request would fundamentally cause immediate failure of service to the Contractor’s authorized response zoneEOA’s. Any mutual aid refusal must be in consultation with the MVEMSA Executive Director or her/his designee. B. In-County or neighboring jurisdiction Mutual Aid requests. Contractor shall respond to in-county or neighboring jurisdiction Mutual Aid which may be requested through dispatch or the MVEMSA Executive Director or her/his designee, unless the Field Supervisor or dispatch can verify that a given request would cause immediate failure of service to the Contractor’s authorized response zoneEOA’s. All Mutual Aid refusals are to be reported to the MVEMSA Executive Director the next business day following the refusal. Contractor shall maintain and document: 1. The number and nature of Mutual Aid responses it makes into any neighboring jurisdiction; and, 2. The number and nature of Mutual Aid responses made by other ambulance providers to calls originating within the Contractor’s authorized response zoneEOA’s. C. Contractor shall not be held accountable for Emergency Response Time compliance for any Mutual Aid assignment originating outside the authorized response zone EOA’s and these calls will not be counted in the total number of calls used to determine Response Time compliance. D. It is the MVEMSA MVEMSA’s desire to ensure that mutual aid does not cause a negative impact on Contractor or other ambulance providers. Should any ambulance provider report an adverse impact, MVEMSA, and impacted parties will agree to engage in a discussion to evaluate such level of mutual aid service between the agencies and all impacted parties will be involved in developing solutions to discuss usage reduction, if any are required.