An agreement for emergency communications services between Centerville and the E911 Emergency Communications District of Hickman County.

MTAS analyzed questions relating to compensation for various officials and for the provision of (and elimination of) health insurance to the city's officers and employees.

Maintaining a community’s frontline and reserve fire apparatus is an important – and expensive – endeavor. As such, ISO has historically recognized a written agreement between neighboring departments to share reserve fire apparatus when it adequately described the practice in place along with any specific conditions or arrangements.

MTAS Legal Consultant Hal Boyd and Fire Management Consultant Donald Pannell drafted a sample interlocal agreement for communities who are contemplating the sharing of reserve fire apparatus to use document the arrangement and share with ISO Filed Representatives during a public protection classification evaluation to gain credit is sections 523 and 553 of the ISO Fire Suppression Rating Schedule. If used locally, this interlocal agreement should be reviewed and amended as necessary by the respective municipal attorneys and insurance providers before being enacted by the governing bodies.

MTAS was asked whether a County may contract with a City for fire protection for a specific area outside the town limits.