HomeMy WebLinkAbout13- Cooperative Agreement between Bozeman Fire and the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Central Land OfficeCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
Between
BOZEMAN FIRE DEPARTMENT
And the
STATE OF MONTANA,
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
CENTRAL LAND OFFICE — BOZEMAN UNIT
This Cooperative Agreement is made and entered into by and between the Bozeman Fire
Department, hereinafter called the BFD and the Montana Department of Natural
Resources & Conservation, Forestry Division, hereinafter called the DEPARTMENT,
and effective the I" day of June, 2013. This agreement is in effect until June 1, 2014.
The purpose of this agreement, when signed by both parties, is to acknowledge their
acceptance of the equipment typing, personnel qualifications, fire business management
practices, pay rates and standard operating procedures contained in the current
Interagency Incident Business Management Handbook (IIBMH), NRCG Supplements
and the NRCG Mobilization of Local Government Firefighting Resources guidelines, and
provides reimbursement authority for the BFD.
The BFD agrees that it will be ordered through the national dispatch system. If BFD
accepts an assignment, it will perform the duties as detailed in the resource order at the
time of dispatch.
The BFD will invoice and be reimbursed for personnel costs at the firefighters' actual
rates plus fringe benefits per the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of
Bozeman and Local 613, of the International Association of Fire Fighters.
Backfill costs will not be reimbursed.
The BFD will invoice for all other direct costs associated with the resource order, i.e.
travel, per diem, lodging and miscellaneous expenses.
All firefighters under employment of the City of Bozeman are covered under Workers
Compensation Insurance as provide by the Montana Municipal Insurance Authority,
Policy # 1017WC.
This agreement does not apply to the normal, day -to -day operations of either the BFD or
the DEPARTMENT, but only when the BFD enters into pay status, as that term is
employed in the IIBMH, NRCG Supplements and /or the NRCG Mobilization of Local
Government Firefighting Resources guidelines for the DEPARTMENT.
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Craig In nit Manager
C ral Lan ffice — Bozeman Unit
2273 Boothill Ct. Suite l 10
Bozeman, MT 59715
Date:
Chris Kukulski, City Manager
City of Bozeman
PO Box 1230
Bozeman, MT 59771 -1230
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Date
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