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6.1. D. - Page 2 maritime emergency within the San Francisco Bay Region. Examples of these plans include the USCG Sector San Francisco Area Maritime Security Plan (AMSP), the Area Contingency Plan (ACP) and supporting annexes, and the Vessel Mutual Assistance Plan (CMAP). The State of California has also provided general policy guidance and direction for management of emergencies in the state under the State of California Emergency Plan. This automatic aid agreement for maritime emergencies will be administered by the USCG and is intended to support the aforementioned plans and will ensure an integrated and immediate response capability without regard to jurisdictional constraints and impediments in the event of a maritime emergency. There currently exists a State of California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement and the fire departments wish to utilize the agreement as the basis for this agreement. The USCG and all the fire departments who have participated in the development of this agreement believe it is desirable and necessary for the protection of life, property and the environment that each of them should voluntarily aid and assist each other in the event a maritime emergency should occur, by the interchange of services, and resources, including but not limited to fire, police, spill response, medical and health, communication, transportation services and facilities, to cope with the problems of rescue, relief, evacuation, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in the event of a maritime emergency. For this to occur, it is necessary and desirable that an automatic aid agreement be executed for the interchange of such immediate aid on a local, countywide, and regional basis. This automatic aid agreement creates the framework by which an expeditious response to render emergency medical and rescue assistance, to suppress fires, as well as mitigate other emergencies and non-emergencies, will be realized. ANALYSIS There are no fire departments that possess the necessary resources to promptly and efficiently respond to all maritime emergencies that might occur in their primary area of responsibility. This automatic aid agreement will for the first time organize all the available maritime emergency resources in the San Francisco Bay Region so they can be effectively administered by the USCG to the advantage of all communities which border the Bay. This automatic aid agreement is intended to support not supplant existing Federal, State and Local emergency response plans thereby ensuring an integrated and immediate response capability without regard to jurisdictional constraints and impediments in the event of a maritime emergency. ALTERNATIVES Do not approve the resolution to allow the City of Redwood City to participate in the San Francisco Bay Region Automatic Aid Agreement for Maritime Emergency Response. The Fire Department will continue to serve the residents of Redwood City. In the event that assistance is needed from outside agencies there could be a time delay when calling for Mutual Aid.