Excerpts from Record-Eagle.com:
The Grand Traverse Metro Fire Department's board recently approved a new policy that will charge neighboring fire departments between $1,000 and $5,000 for every two-hour period that a Metro fire truck is dispatched outside the boundaries of Acme, East Bay, and Garfield townships. The decision was made after a significant imbalance in mutual aid support was noted—Metro provided assistance 25 times to surrounding departments over the past year, while receiving help only five times.
"Mutual aid should be a two-way street," said Metro Fire Chief Pat Parker. "But based on the numbers, we haven't seen much in return."
The Grand Traverse County uses a box-response system, where the county is divided into 80 geographic areas. Fire response is assigned in advance depending on the severity of the incident. A first alarm is triggered by the initial call, and larger fires can escalate to second, third, or fourth alarms, requiring more resources.
Under the new policy, Metro will charge $1,000 for the first two hours of a second-alarm incident, $5,000 for a three-alarm, and $2,500 for a four-alarm. After the initial two hours, the rate will be $2,500 per hour. The board also voted to reassign some boxes so that Metro no longer responds to first alarms outside its three member townships.
"Many first alarms are just investigations," Parker explained. "There’s no need for us to send our trucks out. Local departments should be able to handle those calls on their own."
Parker added that one reason Metro is often called for first alarms is because it operates 24/7, while not all neighboring townships offer the same level of service.
"We believe in providing a high level of readiness, and it doesn’t make sense to give that for free to others," he said. "I think we’ll see changes across the county soon."
The policy passed with a narrow 3-2 vote on December 22. East Bay Township Trustee Beth Friend, who chairs the fire board, said there was general agreement on charging, though some details were debated. She noted that Blair Township already charges for mutual aid and maintains good relationships with its neighbors.
"We expect other jurisdictions that don’t currently charge will follow suit," Friend said. "We welcome that change."
Grand Traverse Rural Fire received 12 mutual aid requests, mostly from Whitewater Township, and is expected to be most affected by the new fee structure. Blair Township, which received aid seven times but gave it only twice, and Traverse City, which received aid five times and returned it once, will also feel the impact.
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