Plano, Richardson cities under updated assistance agreement for emergency services - The Dallas Morning News

The metropolis of Plano has updated its automatic Fire and EMS assistance statement with the metropolis of Richardson.

The update covers an interlocal practice statement for automatic occurrence and EMS Assistance what was entered into successful 2004. Both cities identified areas that were nary longer being utilized and identified caller areas of request for some cities.

Details of the statement include:

• The Richardson Fire Department volition supply (from Richardson Station 6) automatic assistance to each operation fires and immoderate high-acuity incidents, erstwhile Plano Engine 3 is unavailable successful Plano. Generally, precocious acuity incidents are those that tin correspond contiguous information to life, health, oregon property.
• The Plano Fire Department volition supply (from Plano Station 2) automatic assistance to each operation fires and immoderate high-acuity incidents, erstwhile Richardson Engine 3 is unavailable.
• In southeastern Plano, the Richardson Fire Department volition supply (from Richardson Station 6) automatic assistance to each operation fires and immoderate precocious acuity incidents, erstwhile Plano Engine 3 is unavailable.
• In northwestern Richardson, the Plano Fire Department volition supply (from Plano Station 2) automatic assistance to each operation fires arsenic good arsenic immoderate precocious acuity incidents, erstwhile Richardson Engine 3 is unavailable.

The statement serves arsenic a usher for regular operations and is not intended to regenerate oregon amend immoderate different existing agreements betwixt the cities for communal assistance and catastrophe assistance. It besides carries nary outgo impact.

Additional details astir the agreement, which was approved during the Nov. 14 Plano City Council meeting, is disposable online.