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File #: 25-387 MEETING DATE: 6/3/2025
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Travis Hopkins, City Manager
VIA: Eric McCoy, Fire Chief
PREPARED BY: Mindy James, Senior Management Analyst
Kevin Justen, Senior Management Analyst
Sublect:
Adopt Resolution No. 2025-29 identifying the terms and conditions for Fire Department
emergency response away from their official duty station and assigned to an emergency
incident
Statement of Issue:
The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution No. 2025-29 identifying the terms and conditions
for the Fire Department emergency response away from their official duty station and assigned to an
emergency incident. This is related to authorizing the Fire Department to be reimbursed by the State
of California for strike team and single resource deployments.
Financial Impact:
There is no financial impact on the General Fund. The City will be reimbursed for allowable costs by
the State of California for Fire Department emergency response away from their official duty station
and assigned to an emergency incident such as strike team and single resource deployments.
Recommended Action:
Adopt Resolution No. 2025-29, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
Identifying the Terms and Conditions for Fire Department Emergency Response Away from Their
Official Duty Station and Assigned to an Emergency Incident."
Alternative Action(s):
Do not adopt the resolution and direct staff accordingly.
Analysis:
As stated on the Cal OES Website, The Mutual Aid Reimbursement System (MARS) is a web-based
application that will be managed by Cal OES and utilized by all fire agencies that respond under the
California Mutual Aid System. The intent of this program is to make reimbursement under the
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California Fire Assistance Agreement (CFAA), housed under one platform that is easily accessible to
Cal OES, the paying entities, and the responding fire agencies.
Per the resolution, personnel will be compensated (portal to portal) beginning at the time of dispatch
to the return to jurisdiction when equipment and personnel are in service and available for emergency
response.
Fire Department response personnel for this resolution include the Fire Chief, Fire Deputy Chief, Fire
Division Chief, Fire Battalion Chief, Administrative Fire Captain, Fire Captain, Fire Engineer,
Firefighter, Firefighter Paramedic, Marine Safety Division Chief, Marine Safety Battalion Chief, Marine
Safety Captain, Marine Safety Specialist, Fire Marshal, Deputy Fire Marshal, Senior Fire Prevention
Inspector, and Fire Prevention Inspector.
Huntington Beach Fire Department has received reimbursement in the past, and this resolution
updates the job titles to include more job titles to be covered for reimbursement for Fire Department
emergency response away from their official duty station and assigned to an emergency incident
Environmental Status:
This action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections
15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the
CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for
resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Goal 2 - Fiscal Stability, Strategy A - Consider new revenue sources and opportunities to support the
City's priority initiatives and projects.
For details, visit www.huntingtonbeachca.gov/strategicplan
Attachment(s):
1. Resolution No. 2025-29 identifying the terms and conditions for Fire Department emergency
response away from their official duty station and assigned to an emergency incident
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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-29
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL QF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH IDENTIFYING THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE AWAY FROM
THEIR OFFICIAL DUTY STATION AND ASSIGNED TO
AN EMERGENCY INCIDENT
WHEREAS,the City of Huntington Beach Fire Department is a public agency located
the County of Orange, State of California; and
It is the City of Huntington Beach's desire to provide fair and legal payment to all of its
employees for time worked; and
The City of Huntington Beach has in its employ, Fire Department Emergency response
personnel includingFire Chief, Fire Deputy Chief, Fire Division Chief, Administrative Fire
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: FireFirefighter, Firefighter Paramedic,
Captain, Battalion Chief, Fire Captain, Fire Engineer, Fi g
Marine Safety Division Chief, Marine Safety Battalion Chief, Marine Safety Captain, Marine
Safety Specialist, Fire Marshal, Deputy Fire Marshal, Senior Fire Prevention Inspector and Fire
Prevention Inspector; and
The City of Huntington Beach will compensate its employees portal to portal while in the
- course of their employment and away from their official duty station and assigned to an
emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre-positioned for emergency
response; and
The City of Huntington Beach will compensate its employees' overtime while in the
course of their employment and away from their official duty station and assigned to an
emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre-positioned for emergency
response.
NOW, THEREFORE,the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
resolve as follows:
1. Personnel shall be compensated according to Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU), Personnel Rules and Regulations, and/or other directive that identifies personnel
compensation in the workplace.
2. In the event a personnel classification does not have an assigned compensation
rate a"Base Rate"as set forth in an organizational policy, administrative directive or similar
document will compensate such personnel.
3. The City of Huntington Beach Fire Department will maintain a current salary
survey or acknowledgement of acceptance of the"base rate" on file with the California
Governor's Office of Emergency Services, Fire Rescue Division.
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-29
4. Personnel will be compensated(portal to portal)beginning at the time of dispatch
to the return to jurisdiction when equipment and personnel are in service and available for
agency response.
FireChief, Fire Deputy Fire
5. Fire Department response personnel includep tyChief,
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Division Chief, Administrative Fire Captain, Fire Battalion Chief, Fire Captain, Fire Engineer,
Firefighter, Firefighter Paramedic, Marine Safety Division Chief, Marine Safety Battalion Chief,
Marine Safety Captain, Marine Safety Specialist, Fire Marshal, Deputy Fire Marshal, Senior Fire
Prevention Inspector and Fire Prevention Inspector.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on JG1/14.1 3 , 2025.
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Res. No. 2025-29
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, LISA LANE BARNES, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the
City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a Regular meeting thereof held on June 3, 2025 by the following vote:
AYES: Twining, Kennedy, McKeon, Burns, Van Der Mark, Gruel, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California