“As a result of this new agreement, each community will be analyzing its fire and emergency response plans and determining whether neighboring communities might have resources closer to an emergency than the home communities’ resource in order to provide a rapid response to critical emergencies,” said Greendale Fire Chief Tim Saidler, the President of the Milwaukee County Association of Fire Chiefs.
Here is the press release for the initiative, which area mayors and village presidents signed earlier today at the Intergovernmental Cooperation Council meeting in West Allis.
(That’s me signing in the photo.)
For us, this agreement essentially formalizes something we’ve done for years — partnering with nearby communities to fight fires and provide emergency medical response. But it doesn’t hurt to put this in writing … and potentially find new approaches to make these partnerships even stronger.
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