STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Public Safety
AGENDA DATE: September 25, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Fire-Rescue Department
EXECUTIVE: Dominique Artis
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Authorize Amendment No. 1 to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Dallas and Texas A&M Task Force 1, a division of Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service for Liability and Workers Compensation, and General Provisions effective November 1, 2023 through October 31, 2028 - Financing: No cost consideration to the City
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BACKGROUND
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Services (TEEX) is the Sponsoring Agency, as that term is defined in 42 USC 5165f(a)(6), for TX-TF1, a Task Force as defined in 42 USC 5165f(a)(9), as a cooperating party under a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) dated December 8, 2008, between the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of Texas.
The purpose of the MOU is to delineate responsibilities and procedures for Urban Search and Rescue activities under the authority of the State of Texas Emergency Management Plan, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act, Public law 93-288, as amended 42 U.S.C. 5121, et seq., and Title 44 CFR Part 208 - National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.
The current MOU, authorized under Administrative Action No. 23-6500 on October 30, 2023, needs to be revised to provide that Dallas Fire-Rescue (DFR) personnel will receive the same workers compensation benefits while injured during a TEEX deployment that they would receive if injured on duty with DFR and provide that TEEX will fully reimburse the City, for those benefits paid out under the City's program. Additionally, the MOU needs to be revised to clarify that pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 421.062, the City of Dallas is not responsible for any civil liability that arises from the furnishing of a service under the MOU.
In case of disaster, TEEX, the State's d...
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