DEPARTMENT: Fire Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Charles N. Hood
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: All
SUBJECT:
Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) Military Mutual Aid Agreement (MAA)
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the San Antonio Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) to execute a Mutual Aid Agreement to allow for better coordination during a civil emergency or disaster. This agreement provides written procedures to ensure that adequate equipment and manpower will be available and to ensure that mutual aid is accomplished in the minimum time possible potentially saving lives and property.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Joint Base San Antonio is a United States military facility located in/near San Antonio, Texas. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force 502d Air Base Wing, Air Education and Training Command (AETC). The facility is an amalgamation of the United States Army Fort Sam Houston, the United States Air Force Randolph Air Force Base, Lackland Air Force Base, and Camp Bullis, which were merged on October 1, 2010.
The City of San Antonio has entered into emergency response and preparedness Mutual Aid Agreements (MAA) in the past. Currently the Office of Emergency Management coordinates other mutual aid agreements approved by City Council. The Alamo Area Council of Governments (ACCOG) Regional Mutual Aid Agreement signed on August 23, 2016, City Ordinance #2016-08-04-0552. More recently, due to devastation of Hurricane Harvey, the City entered into mutual aid agreements with the City of Houston, Harris County, Aransas Pass, and Aransas County. These agreements allowed the City to provide needed resources to assist our fellow Texans during a time of need. The City has already recovered $9.4 million in cost incurred for aid rendered under these agreements and a state contract for assistance. The City has entered into previous mutual aid agreements with local military installations before the cr...
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