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Show Fire Accord BOUNTIFUL A new interlocal fire agreem being drawn up by North Salt Lake, Bountiful South Davis Fire District says firemen from an ,t the department may respond to "assistance" call outside cities and in surrounding unincorporated 3TC3.S. BOUNTIFUL Attorney Layne Forbes, the auth of the new agreement, said workers from any of 7 departments may respond to outside calls and n vide manpower and fire equipment. However, in the event any of the department receives a call from their own district, they may n 1 out returning their crews and equipment to th scene of the fire in their own area. ATTY. FORBES said Wednesday Bountiful North Salt Lake and the SDFD appear supportive rf the contract. City Council members from the tw municipal entities are expected to approve the agre ment, as are representatives from the SDFD In terms of costs, Forbes said, cities who receive assistance will not have to reimburse any of the south Davis departments. "WE DON'T PAY their costs, and they don't pav ours," he said. y The new agreement was described by Forbes as "just a statement of understanding," a renewal of existing agreements between the cities. ACCORDING to North Salt Lake Attorney Mike McCoy, when the Davis County Fire Dept. was sold to Woods Cross, Centerville and West Bountiful last year, cities not covered by the purchase began discussing dis-cussing the number of separate interlocal agreements. agree-ments. The idea behind the North Salt Lake-Bountiful-SDFD plan is to combine those separate contracts into one specific agreement. |