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THIS AGREEMENT is made by and between Pitkin County, Colorado
acting through the Board of County Commissioners and the County
Sheriff of said County, hereinafter referred to as the County,
and the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Colorado, •
acting through the Colorado State Forest Service of Colorado
State Universit hereinafter referred to as the State. `"`'`°`"
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A. AUTHORITIES: �'��`;';:.
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� 1. 1973 C.R.S. as amended:
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� 30-10-512 Sheriff to act as fire warden
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30-10-513 Sheriff in charge ��'
30-11-107(0) Powers of the Board
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30-28-136 Planning Referral and Review �
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� 1. 1973 C.R.S. as amended: - �
� 23-30-202 Pawers and duties of State .�
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Board of Agriculture
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( • 23-30-204 Forest fires-Sheriff to report
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23-30-206 Cooperative agreements .
i 23-30-301 Legislative declaration .�,
23-30-304 State responsibility
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�j 2. 42 U.S.C. 5187. Federal Disaster Relief Act,
Section 417 of 1974 (P.L. 93-288)
3. 16 U.S.C. 2101-211i. Cooperative Forestry
Assistance Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-323)
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WHEREAS, the County is responsible for controlling and !.�� ::
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WFIEREAS, the County and State desire to define their :'
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W4�.'REAS, it may be desirable for County and State
resources to be available to assist in suppressing wildfires on
federal lands, and for federal resources to assist in the
suppression of wildfizes on state, county, and private lands
which the County and State are committed to protect, and �
WI�REA.S, the State is able to expedite the coordination :.ti.::;;....
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� 2iOW TffirREFORE, in consideration of the above premises,
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j 1. Definitions of special terms used in this agreemen� �
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D. PI,ANNING: '
_ + 1. Annually, prior to the initiation of wildfire
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� Annual Fire operating Plan. The State will arrange
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year. The plan shall be approved, dated, and signed
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become a part of this agreement as an attachment. `�"
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2. In order to develop and maintain an effective
wildfire protection capability, a county-wide, long-
range (three to five years) wildfire protection plan
is necessary which shows traininq needs, amounts and .
locations of necessary fire suppression equipment, _
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a. The County will use its best efforts to -
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protection plan and provide the State a copy. ��'-�'-." .;.,.:
b. The State will without cost or charge, assist �
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� E. ORGAPTIZING, EQUIPPING, AND TRAINING: '
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� a. Participate in the organizing, training, ,
equipping, and maintaining of wildfire
firefighting forces in the County. .
b. Reimburse the State for State costs of equip-
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of State fire engines assigned in the county by j
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2. The State will:
a. Assist the County in the organizinq and
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3. The County Sheriff and State District Forester will i
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F. WILDFIRE PREVENTION:
1. The County will:
a. Where and when the County deems appropriate,
request through the Colorado State Forest .
Service any Governor's proclamation for the
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� enforcement efforts to enforce any burning ', �•
restrictions or public movements because of �
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� c. Send plats of proposed developments in rural ' '
areas to the applicable State district office - ! '
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for review and comment about the development's . !���
wildfire hazards and protection needs. �_;U,�
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2. The State will: I•f .
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fire danger necessitating restrictions on open
burning and/or public movements, inform the
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burning and/or public movements, and ihform
affected counties of the Governor's decision.
b. Provide prevention efforts and available fire
prevention materials on hand at no cost to the
County, provide additionally requested '
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c. Review proposed development plats received from -
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G. WILDFIRE DETECTIDN/NOTIFICATION: -
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1. The County Sheriff or designee shown in the Annual . •�.
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Operating Plan will accept all notifications of ��
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possible wildfires and immediately inform ap- "�'
propriate authorities or dispatch £orces to verify
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H. WILDFIRE SIIPPRESSION: ,
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b. Ensure that initial attack on wi_�idfires is made j`�;s.�,'i�`��
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o. Notify the State as soon as practical of the - -
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f. Request needed wildfire suppression assistance ,
according to the Annual Fire operating Plan. '
All State wildfire assistance will be requested
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all wildfires occurring within the county, including
boundary fires, during the first period as specified � '�,
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that the intent and primary concern of Section H of
this Agreement is the extinguishing of wildfires, and
neither party will delay extznguishment efforts while
deciding ultimate responsibility therefor.
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b. Maintain statewide records of wildfire
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J. PRESCRIBED BURNING:
1. The County vill endeavor to stay informed about all
prescribed burning being conducted in rural areas of
the county. �
2. Each partjr will notify the other in advance, as
outlined in the Annual Fire Operating Plan, of the ;:y`.,ry�'-.
locations and times of prescribed burns it plans to "'�i t�:::
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f4. Initial attack on prescribed burning escapes will be
made by forces doing the burning. They will also - '
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immediately notify the County Sheriff or his � �
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such escape and any initial attack actions taken.
The Sheriff will respond to any such notification as �
required by this Agreement and the Annual Operating
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5. Either party or its cooperators may take appropriate :
but coordinated suppression action when lands under ,
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are not involved in or threatened by the fire. '
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costs on lands shown as County jurisdiction on `�'�� -
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b. Not request or expect reimbursement from the .
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incurred by the County or cooperators for -
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wildfire suppression on state, county, or . :�.
private lands, unless provided by this Agreement
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reimbursable expenses incurred to suppress
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suppression expenses paid by the State to
[ federal cooperators for their requested
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2. The State will: Y
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federal jurisdictional fires as outlined in the � _
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e. Process all County and State reimbursement
� ' requests for fires, and transmit to the County �
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reimbursement of fire costs. -
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in effect at the time of an incident will be used to
offset or reduce State or County expenses before any
� ' request for reimbursement is made.
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i 1. This agreement is the basic wildfire protection � �'•`�` `
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agreement between the County and the State. �
It serves as the foundation for other special a:'��;
cooperative fire agreements between the County and
the State. .
2. This agreement provides the link to County-State-
federal cooperation for wildfire protection as -
outlined in current cooperative fire agreements i
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between the State and the various agencies of the �
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federal government.
3. Both parties will mutually seek ways to contribute
and improve wildfire protection capabilities within
ithe county through new programs, cooperative service :
agreements, and other cooperative activities.
! 4. The parties will work to adapt and use the Incident JeF�
i . Command System (CICS) to manage wildfire suppression
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5. This aqreement does not commit oz obligate either
party regarding vehicular or structural fires. This �
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conflagrations which also involve wild or rural (�•t::
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} 6. Both parties will abide by contractual regulations
of the State Controller shown as Attachment # 1. ��� "
7. This agreement and its amendments may be terminated
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by either party upon at least 6o calendar days ! ;`
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'.� written notice to the other party. j , ;
8. Each party insures that all appropriate members of
their agencies/departments are briefed on and become
familiar with this document.
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BOARD OF COIJNTY CO?4�SSIONER.S OF �
PITKIti CoIINTY, CoIARADO •
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STATE OF COLORADO
STATE BOARD OF AGRICQLTURE
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APPROVAL OF STATE PARTICIPATION
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ATTACf�NT � 1 .- .
SPECIAL PROVISIONS - STATE OF COIARADO
1. This Agreement shall not be deemed valid until it shall '
have been approved by the Controller of the State Colorado •
or such assistant as he may designate. This provision is •
applicable to any Agreement in involving the payment of
money by the state. ` .�
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2. Financial obligations of state payable after the current ;_�;�,; .
fiscal year are contingent upon funds for that purpose
being appropriated, budgeted and otherwise made available.
; 3. The parties agree to comply with the Executive Order,
i Equal Opportunity in State government, dated August 1987, �4 : ..
to the extent applicable to counties.
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� 4. The laws of the State of Colorado and rules and � `.
regulations issued pursuant thereto shall be applied in � `'
� the interpretation, execution, and enforcement of this � ; :
I Agreement. Any provisions of this agreement whether or not �
� incorporated herein by reference which provides foz
arbitration by an extra-judicial body or person or which �a
.� is otherwise in conflict with said laws, rule and t
regulations shall be considered null and void. Nothing
� contained in any provision incorporated herein by
reference which purports to negate this or any other
� special provision in whole or in part shall be valid and -
.4 enforceable or available in any action at law whether by
7 way of complaint, defense or otherwise. Any provision � .
`i rendered null and void by the operation of this provision
i will not invalidate the remainder of this contract to the ��
i extent that the contract is capable of execution. !'
� 5. The signatories hereto aver that they are familiar with �
� 18-8-301, et. seq., (Bribery and Corrupt Influences) and
1 18-8-401, et. seq., (Abuse of Public Office), C.R.5. 1978 •
i Replacement Vol., and that no violation of such provisions
a is present.
'� 6. The signatories aver that to their knowledge, no state
employee has a personal or beneficial interest whatsoever
in the service or property described here. `
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DEFINITIONS FOR
COOPERATIVE 'WILDFIRE PROTECPION
1. Aaency Renresentative: Zndividual assigned to an incident ,
from an assisting or cooperating agency who has been
delegated full authority to make decisions on all matters �: :"
affecting that agency's participation at the incident. ����:�s '
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2. Annual Fire onerating Plan. An annually updated document ';�f�;;r
which considers: '�f``.
a. Maps showing boundaries delineatinq federal, ,�=
state, county, and local areas of jurisdiction �`•
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under this Agreement and whether each area is to +s.`� '
be treated as offset, reciprocal, or - �i� �
reimbursable. � �
b. MoBILIZATION PLAN. An annually updated document �
which contains: � '�
(1) Information on wildfire protection or- .
ganizations, names of contact persons, and
telephone numbers.
- (2) A listing of federal, state and county
wildfire suppression manpower, equipment,
and facilities which are available for - i
- cooperative use, subject to each agency's ` �
procedures and regulations. . ' 'S
(3) A listing of each agency's radio com- R1�
munications capabilities and frequency
numbers.
c. Each agency's plans and procedures for: `� '
• (1) Issuing burning permits.
(2) Initiating, effecting, and discontinuing
burning restrictions or public movements
during extreme fire dangers. �
� (3) Maintenance of roads, trails, communica-
tions, and other fire suppression
facilities.
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(6) Fire investigation and incidental final
reports.
d. Details of reimbursable and non-reimbursable
costs and services, including provisions and
rates for overheard costs, if any. ,
e. Details about fire suppression air operations ` ��'``
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1 j. Fire danger monitoring and fire prevention and , ��
danger information dissemination.
h. Details and procedures for out-of-county
suppression assignments for local and county
personnel (payrolling, rates, qualifications,
equipment, and personal gear, etc.)
"i 1. Procedures for resolution of disputes. "
m. Definitions of additional terms not included in � �
this Agreement. �, � �
n. Designation of authorized agency representa- �,
tives. "'b;
o. Plan approvals of authorized agency represen-
tatives.
p. Agreement as to the "First Period" for any
wildfire incident. (See c.8)
q. Details and procedures for provision of
Reciprocal Fire Protection services, including �=
limitations of such reciprocal services, if any.
3. Boundarv Fire. Fire burning upon adjoining lands of � �+
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4. Colorado Incident Command 5vstem. (CICS) The com-
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f8. Emeruencv Pire Fund: (E.F.F.j A cooperative wildlan-
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IService and utilized to pay the suppression costs of �
large, disaster type wildfires occurring on private,
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l0. First Period/Initial Period. The period of wildfire
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