Agreements between agencies to assist in times of need. An agency must first commit its own resources prior to asking for assistance.
A spontaneous request for apparatus and/or manpower from another department to assist in managing an incident. The concept of mutual aid in firefighting was first put into practice in the Finger Lakes Region of western New York. Mutual aid companies can be sent directly to a scene or to cover another department's station. (see Fill-in)
Describes an agreement between neighboring emerency response agencies wherein any request for additional help is answered. Two agencies may be alerted to calls for service that are near or on the borders of the agencies respective first due areas.
Assistance in firefighting or investigation by fire agencies, without regard for jurisdictional boundaries.
arrangements made between nations to assist each other
The most common use of this term in Public Emergency Services describes the assistance either given to another jurisdiction, or received from another jurisdiction. (example: A local municipal fire department called for Mutual Aid assistance from a neighboring municipal fire department to help mitigate the incident).
An agreement with neighboring fire departments that provides for mutual assistance in the event additional equipment is needed.
An agreement made between like governmental bodies (such as federal and state) to provide assistance to each other in times of emergencies.
Two-way assistance by fire departments of two or more communities freely given under pre-arranged plans or contracts on the basis that each will aid the other in time of emergency; also providing for joint or cooperative response to alarms near municipal boundaries.
The rendering of firefighting services by one jurisdiction to the benefit of another jurisdiction.
cross-jurisdictional assistance with emergency services by pre-arranged agreement.
An agreement between nearby fire companies to assist each other during emergencies by responding with available manpower and apparatus.
