[Adopted 9-3-1991 by Ord. No. 212]
The Board of Supervisors of Whitpain Township
agree that, pursuant to the terms of a certain intermunicipal agreement
to be executed by Whitpain Township, Whitpain Township employees and
Whitpain Township equipment may be used in other listed municipalities
party to the agreement to provide the following emergency services
in response to occurrences of man-made, natural or war-caused disasters
or threats thereof:
A.
Emergency services. Whitpain Township employees and
Whitpain Township equipment and materials may perform the following
services under the aforedescribed emergency circumstances:
(1)
Distribute materials, supplies, equipment and other
forms of aid to listed municipalities.
(2)
Staff and equip emergency operations centers responsible
for coordinating the emergency response activities in such listed
municipalities affected by an actual or imminent disaster.
(3)
Dispatch emergency services equipment, material or
personnel in response to a declaration of local disaster emergency
declared by any of the listed municipalities.
(4)
Respond to incidents, actual or imminent, which endanger
the health, safety or welfare of the public and which require use
of special equipment, specially trained personnel or personnel in
larger numbers than are locally available to reduce, counteract or
remove dangers caused by the incident.
(5)
Participate in mutual planning, exercise, drills or
other training activities, designed to train personnel to prepare
for, cope with or prevent the occurrence of any disaster emergency.
The Board of Supervisors is hereby authorized
to execute the intermunicipal agreement to provide for emergency service
response to participating listed municipalities as set forth in the
proposed agreement, pursuant to the Act of July 12, 1972, No. 180,
Section 5, as amended, 53 P.S. § 485.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said statute was repealed 12-19-1996,
P.L. 1158, No. 177. See now 53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301 et seq.
