Mutual Aid Box Alarm System: A Case Study

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Board. The resolution is to amend the current Master Agreement for the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS). The agreement outlines a community’s ability to re-capture costs incurred by lending aid to a stricken community, should the stricken community become eligible for federal funding through a federal disaster declaration. The Village and Fire Department became members of MABAS after adopting an Ordinance – Mutual Aid Agreement/Fire in September 1989. At the time, MABAS was a cooperative effort of approximately 200 fire departments throughout northeastern Illinois. MABAS provided a sharing mechanism for manpower, equipment and resources through formal operating guidelines, for the purpose of responding to emergencies that would quickly