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Show Cities Agree On Fire Aid Backup NORTH SALT LAKE The North Salt Lake City Council last week put their "stamp of approval" on a new interlocal fire agreement which guarantees several south Davis fire departments "back up" help during emergencies. THE SO-called "cooperative fire agreement" between be-tween North Salt Lake, Bountiful and the South Davis Fire District allows workers from any one of the three departments to respond to "outside" calls for manpower and firefighting equipment. In addition, cities who receive assistance pay nothing no-thing to the other departments. THE AGREEMENT is similar to a contract established estab-lished several years ago when the Davis County Fire Dept. was still in operation, according to NSL Attorney Attor-ney Mike McCoy. McCoy, speaking before city council members last week, said if NSL will agree to provide back up help for cities outside its jurisdiction, those cities will provide back up help during NSL emergencies. BOUNTIFUL Attorney Layne Forbes, the author of the new agreement, recently termed the contract "a statement of understanding" between the cities which will renew previously-held "assistance" agreements. The NSL City Council approved the agreement in a unanimous vote. |