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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: David McCabe, Fire Chief
DATE: March 10, 2023
SUBJECT:
This resolution affirms the City of Aurora supports the Aurora Fire Department's participation in the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS),
PURPOSE:
The MABAS master agreement hadn't been updated in more than two decades. The revised agreement better spells out the ability if departments to recuperate costs, especially over state lines.
BACKGROUND:
MABAS is a system that provides predetermined mutual aid responses for incidents a local department cannot handle on their own due to size or scope. While MABAS started in the Chicago suburbs, it now covers parts or all of Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, and Michigan. The new MABAS master agreement covers the logistics of those situations, including incidents involving agencies responding over state lines.
DISCUSSION:
We are already covered by the current MABAS master agreement. This agreement would supersede the current agreement we are under. There is no a cost for this agreement, other than the current MABAS dues we already pay.
IMPACT STATEMENT:
The agreement will help ensure that the AFD can count on mutual aid and MABAS assets for incidents beyond what we are able to mitigate on our own, or when multiple incidents tax our resources.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
cc: Public Health, Safety, and Transportation Committee
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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An Ordinance authorizing an intergovernmental agreement for participation in the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System.
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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs for the protection of the public health...
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