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<br />ATTACHMENT A <br /> <br /> <br />. . Fire & Life Safety <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />Fire & Emergency Medical <br />Services Department <br /> <br />Office of the Fire Chief <br /> <br />Office of the Fire Chief <br /> <br />City of Springfield <br />225 Fifth Street <br />Springfield, OR 97477 <br />(541) 726-3737 <br />(541) 726-2297 FAX <br />www.springfieldfrre.org <br /> <br />City of Eugene <br />1705 W. 2nd Avenue <br />Eugene, Oregon 97402 <br />(541) 682-7130 <br />(541) 682-7116 FAX <br />www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />June 13, 2007 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy and City Council <br /> <br />. ~~ ~~,1~ <br />Eugene Fire Chief Randall B. Groves and Springfield Fire Chief Dennis M. Murphy <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Subject: ENHANCING METRO AREA FIRE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES <br /> <br />Seconds count during an emergency. Be it a fire, medical condition, rescue or catastrophic incident, the <br />best, most effective response makes a difference in real terms:.lives and property saved, medical conditions <br />stabilized and rescues performed successfully. Beginning July 2, 2007, when a Eugene or Springfield <br />resident calls for help, they will get the most rapid and efficient response possible, regardless of where they <br />live, with use of the 3-Battalion concept. <br /> <br />3- Battalion is not a new program. It is a dramatic improvement of an existing, automatic aid relationship <br />between Eugene Fire & EMS and the Springfield Fire & Life Safety departments. 3-Battalion is an example <br />of teamwork between govemmentagencies that delivers better service to the public. Using a partnership <br />between two battalions in Eugene and one battalion in Springfield, eachjurisdiction's department will be <br />able to temporarily support the other and provide superior coverage depth without significantly disrupting <br />service or subsidizing the other. Each battalion consists of a supervisor and five or six fire and EMS <br />stations. <br /> <br />The two departments have .made their relationship more responsive through streamlined communications, <br />greater coordination of existing systems and response protocols, . and more familiarity by agency personnel of <br />each other as well as of infrastructure within the two communities. <br /> <br />What's . different? <br />Currently both cities participate in a county-wide mutual aid agreement that provides limited resources, upon <br />request, from any fire department or district within Lane County based on incident-driven need. <br />Additionally, Eugene and Springfield share an automatic aid area along the 1-5 corridor that separates the <br />two communities. Under automatic aid, no request is made and the closest and most appropriate resource is <br />dispatched to calls. With 3-Battalion, automatic aid will expand throughout both communities and increase <br />the surge capacities of both. Each jurisdiction has made their systems compatible with the other's. <br /> <br />Page 1 of2 <br />