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Mutual Aid Alarm Assignments
Figure 123. Southington Fire Department Total Response Time Performance, 2018–2019
All Calls
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Alarms
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06:00 12:32
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Mutual Aid Alarm Assignments
When a department has other agencies in the immediate vicinity of their jurisdiction, they also work closely with those other agencies to share resources. This sharing of resources generally occurs under the auspices of automatic aid or mutual aid agreements. Within these agreements, specific guidelines are established as to what level of personnel and resources will respond from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and how those resources are activated. The greatest advantage of these agreements is the provision of services to the citizens, regardless of jurisdictional boundaries. This allows for increasing personnel and resources to meet the effective response force for larger incidents as well providing additional units to respond when call concurrency exceeds the jurisdiction’s capability of responding. The primary difference between mutual aid and automatic aid is the method in which resources are dispatched. In an automatic aid agreement, resources are automatically dispatched when circumstances meet predefined requirements in the agreement. In contrast, dispatch for mutual aid agreements generally does not occur until the primary jurisdiction for an incident reaches out and requests response.
The following figure lists the agreements between Southington Fire Department and neighboring agencies. These agencies are a mix of volunteer, career, and combination departments.
Figure 124. Southington Fire Department Mutual Aid Agencies Agency Agreement Type
Berlin Fire Department Mutual AidHeadquarters Bristol Fire Department Stations 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Mutual Aid Cheshire Fire Department Stations 1, 2 and 3 Mutual Aid East Berlin Fire Department Mutual AidHeadquarters Kensington Fire Department Mutual AidHeadquarters Meriden Fire Department Mutual AidStations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 New Britain Fire Department Mutual AidStations 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8 Plainville Fire Department Mutual AidHeadquarters South Kensington Fire Department Mutual AidHeadquarters Wolcott Fire Department Mutual AidStations 1, 2 and 3
