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BACKGROUND Cal OES Fire and Rescue Division is responsible for the development, implementation and coordination of the California Fire Service and Rescue emergency Mutual Aid Plan. This plan was first prepared and adopted in 1950 as part of the California State Civil Defense and Disaster Relief Plan. The purpose of the plan is to provide for systematic mobilization, organization and operation of necessary fire and rescue resources in the state. This includes coordinated responses to major events such as fires, earthquakes, and hazardous materials incidents. DISCUSSION The State of California, Governor's Office of Emergency Services has entered into an agreement with other state and federal agencies under the provisions of managing the California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement. This additional agreement is entitled Agreement for Local Government Fire and Emergency Assistance to the State of California and Federal Fire Agencies and is also referred to as the California Fire Assistance Agreement (CFAA). The CFAA allows for LPFD to be reimbursed for expenses associated with apparatus and personnel assigned to an emergency incident in the jurisdiction of another fire agency. Reimbursement is based on expenses beginning at dispatch from the home agency to the time the resource returned to their home agency (portal to portal). Effective January 2015, local agencies that do not have an existing memorandum of understanding must adopt a resolution indicating that compensation for all hours worked will be reimbursed on a portal to portal basis. LPFD does not have an existing memorandum of understanding and is required to submit such a resolution adopted by its governing bodies for portal to portal reimbursement to continue. Submitted by: Fiscp1'R view: Approv by: i Voc Maria Ojeda / Ina Olson Nelson Fialho Assistant to the City Director of Finance City Manager Manager Page 2 of 2