Yuma City Council meeting to approve mutual aid agreement
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY)- The Yuma City Council will look to approve a Mutual Aid and Assistance Agreement with the Yuma Proving Ground, the U.S. Army Garrison, and the City of Yuma Fire Department on Tuesday.
The agreement would include mutual aid for emergency services, basic medical support, basic and advanced life support, as well as other forms of support.
It will not be mandatory but it would allow for requests to be made and filled if resources are available between the stations.
“It empowers both YPG and the City of the Yuma to work together whether its to handle something catastrophic like a hazardous waste or an aircraft maybe crashes I mean we are a military town things could happen we have an agreement that we’ll work together to address the issue right away,” said City Councilmen Art Morales.
The agreement is also a recipriocal agreement, where the organizations can help one another if needed.
“We’ve had one in place before with Yuma Proving Ground but this expands that agreement and before we just kind of covered emergency medical services and this will cover all different types of emergencies and equipment and personnel," said Fire Marshal Kayla Franklin from the Yuma Fire Department.
"It can include many different emergency response requests it can be for technical rescue it could be for hazardous materials incidents, fires, emergency medical accidents, just a large array of things," finished Fire Marshal Franklin.
However, apart from helping each other out the agreement will also serve as a representation of unity.
“I just love seeing governments work together... or different organizations so I think it's a great way for the City of Yuma to show that we’re here unified with all those around us,” said Morales.
The partnership will allow departments to share equipment and personnel for large events.
The City Council meeting also approved various other motions, including a briefing for the upcoming projects from the clean and beautiful commission.
