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File #: 17-390    Name:
Type: Report Status: Filed
File created: 6/9/2017 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/26/2017 Final action: 6/26/2017
Title: Approval of a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of New Braunfels and the Comal County Integrated Response Committee regarding inter-agency cooperation and response to active threats.
Attachments: 1. MOU

Presenter/Contact

Presenter

Kenneth Jacks, Fire Chief

Contact Info

(830) 221-4100 - kjacks@nbtexas.org

 

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SUBJECT:

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Approval of a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of New Braunfels and the Comal County Integrated Response Committee regarding inter-agency cooperation and response to active threats.

 

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BACKGROUND / RATIONALE:

This Memorandum of Understanding is the result of a several years-long collaborative effort involving our local school districts and the many emergency response agencies located in Comal County (New Braunfels Police Department, New Braunfels Fire Department, Comal County Sheriff, Comal County Constable Precinct 3, Garden Ridge Police Department, Bracken Fire Department, Bulverde-Spring Branch Fire/EMS, Canyon Lake Fire/EMS, Schertz EMS, Comal ISD, and New Braunfels ISD).  The purpose of this document is to provide the signatory agencies with uniform direction, and to maximize inter-agency cooperation, when addressing the most common challenges that occur when responding to an active threat.

 

ADDRESSES A NEED/ISSUE IN A CITY PLAN OR COUNCIL PRIORITY:

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FISCAL IMPACT:

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Recommendation

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:

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STAFF RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends approval of the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of New Braunfels and the Comal County Integrated Response Committee regarding inter-agency cooperation and response to active threats.