Common use of Dispatch Coordination Clause in Contracts

Dispatch Coordination. 1. MCC will provide for a dispatch/coordination program through joint interagency use of fire resources within the zone of influence. This includes the signatory agencies to this operating plan as well as the following counties: Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, McCone, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Rosebud, Wibaux Counties in Montana and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ County, South Dakota. 2. Implement the closest forces concept when dispatching initial attack resources. 3. Use the Inter-GACC Neighborhood Plan to improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness of firefighting efforts by increasing the availability and mobility of firefighting resources to include fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, engines, hand crews and overhead beyond Geographical boundaries. This plan provides MCC the authority to directly utilize the resources of adjoining Dispatch Centers across GACC boundaries. The Centers are Great Plains Dispatch in Rapid City, South Dakota and Casper Dispatch in Wyoming. Utilization of these plans are particularly valuable during preparedness levels 3, 4 and 5 when resources may not be able to commit to a 14 day assignment but can assist neighbors for a negotiated shorter period of time.

Dispatch Coordination. 1. MCC will provide for a dispatch/coordination program through joint interagency use of fire resources within the zone of influence. This includes the signatory agencies to this operating plan as well as the following counties: Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, McCone, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Rosebud, Wibaux Counties in Montana and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Harding County, South Dakota. 2. Implement the closest forces concept when dispatching initial attack resources. 3. Use the Inter-GACC Neighborhood Plan to improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness of firefighting efforts by increasing the availability and mobility of firefighting resources to include fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, engines, hand crews and overhead beyond Geographical boundaries. This plan provides MCC the authority to directly utilize the resources of adjoining Dispatch Centers across GACC boundaries. The Centers are Great Plains Dispatch in Rapid City, South Dakota and Casper Dispatch in Wyoming. Utilization of these plans are particularly valuable during preparedness levels 3, 4 and 5 when resources may not be able to commit to a 14 day assignment but can assist neighbors for a negotiated shorter period of time.