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Home My WebLink AboutC12-184 Collard Green Fire Cost Share AgreementCOST SHARE AGREEMENT WITH BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 2300 River Frontage Road, Silt, CO 81652 AND THE COUNTY OF EAGLE 500 Broadway, Eagle, CO 81631 AND THE GYPSUM FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 05112 d Street, Gypsum, CO 81637 This Cost Share Agreement is between the agencies identified above, as negotiated for the following incident in accordance with the Colorado Statewide Cooperative Fire Protection Agreement executed between the parties on September 6t', 2011. The purpose of this agreement is to provide for a coordinated cooperative fire suppression operation on this fire and to describe the cost division. This agreement completely replaces any previous such agreement related to this incident. General Fire Information: Incident Name: Collard Green 2 Fire Incident Start Date and Time: August 30, 2011, 1808 hours Incident Discovery Date and Time: September 3, 2011, 1510 hours (reported to GJC @ 1522) Origin: Lat: 39 36' 14" Long: 107 6'23" Estimated Size: 188 Acres Jurisdiction: 125 Federal lands acres/BLM Jurisdiction 183 acres in Eagle County 5 acres in Garfield County/ BLM Jurisdiction 63 acres of private property entirely in Eagle Incident Cause: Lightning Incident Numbers by Protection Agency AGENCY INCIDENT CODE/# ACCOUNTING CODE BLM CO-GWD-000372 PDGECI (1502) Eagle County Gypsum Fire Protection District Garfield County State of Colorado CIS- F'1� Agreement Period: this agreement becomes effective on the date indicated below and will remain in effect until amended or terminated. Mutual Aid end Time/Date: Date/Time: September 4, 2011, 0001 hours End Date/Time: Fire Controlled: September 6, 2011, 0900 hours Principal Contacts: The following personnel are the principal contacts: TITLE NAME AGENCY Agency Administrator Karl Mendonca Bureau of Land Mgmt. Agency Administrator Ross Wilmore UCR Agency Administrator Sheriff Joe Hoy Eagle County Sheriff Agency Administrator Tom Johnson Eagle County Agency Administrator Chief Dave Vroman Gypsum Fire PD Incident Commander Jeff Berino Lake Dillon FPD Other conditions relative to this agreement: none Cost Share Methodology: (describe the chosen cost share method for the fire and the details that explain the apportionment.) Aviation Costs 1) Eagle County/Gypsum Fire Protection District will be responsible for the first heavy air tanker drop, T-142, ordered 9/3/11 @ 1544 to be split equally between Eagle County and the Gypsum Fire Protection District. 2) Bureau of Land Management will be responsible for the remainder of aviation -related costs. All other fire suppression costs: The remaining cost will be split on an acre percentage basis. Total acres burned: 188 BLM 125 acres: 66% Eagle County/Gypsum Fire Protection District 63 acres: 34% to be split equally between Eagle County and the Gypsum Fire Protection District. Siznatures of Authorized Personnel and Attachments: (List all appropriate officials that will sign this agreement. List any attachments to the agreement in this section (such as I -Suite reports, aircraft use reports, etc.). Indicate if this is an amendment or supplemental agreement if not the original for the same fire.) This agreement and the apportionment described are our best judgments for fair and equitable agency cost responsibilities. In no event shall the Eagle County's obligations under this Cost Sharing Agreement exceed $10,000. Attachments: 0 Collard Green 2 Fire Cost Spreadsheet Agency Name: BLM-Colorado River Valley Field Office Agency Address: 2300 River Front Road City, State, Zip: Silt, CO 81652 Signature: Karl Mendonca, kcting Fie4 Mana ` r Colorado River Valley Field Office Agency Name: GLl Fire Proi Agency Address:,d Street City, State, Zip: G, CO 81 Signature: Dave Vroman, Chief Gypsum Fire Protection District Agency Name: County of Eagle Agency Address: 500 Broadway City, State, Zip: Eagle, C 16 Signature: Peter Runyon, Chairman Eagle County Commissioner ATTEST: Teak Simonton, Eagle Attachment: Gypsum Fire Protection District Provided the listed resources for the Collard Green 2 Fire: Food for the First Day Building for ICP Utilities Telecom and Computer Network Trash Collection and removal Camping Facilities Agency Administrator costs Miscellaneous supplies for IMT IMT made up from County agencies Cleaning (SEAL) Date: Date: o Date: t -z' 2, 1,- 6 17-- Exhibit A COLLARD GREEN 2 FIRE (CO-GWD-372, GEC1) CSFS and cooperator payments pending as of 5/8/12 Non -aviation suppression costs Cooperator Resource Amount Dates 1 Lake Dillon FPD DIVS(t) 1,513.57 9/4-5/11 2 Lake Dillon FPD ICT3 2,716.30 9/4-6/11 3 Western Eagle County Ambulance ambulance 2,388.26 9/4-5/11 4 Vail Fire LSC3, PSC3 5,530.68 9/4-6/11 5 Vail Fire DIVS 3,097.33 9/4-5/11 6 Gypsum FPD meals 501.48 9/3/11 7 Greater Eagle FPD IMT, misc. 13,593.18 9/4-6/11 8 CSFS FEPP Engine (Greater Eagle) FEPP engine 2,307.50 9/4-6/11 31,648.30 Estimated total 'other fire suppression costs" rounded up to accommodate unseen costs 35,000.00 66% BLM Share 23,100.00 17 % Gypsum Fire Protection District Share 5,950.00 17% Eagle County Share 5,950.00 Typically it takes a while on these incidents for all of the federal costs to be calculated so the actual dollar amounts will vary. The Estimated costs have been rounded up to allow a small buffer zone in the calculations and the agreement has been modified to place a maximum amount of $10,000 on the Eagle County and the Gypsum Fire District share under this agreement. Costs not included in the "All other fire suppression costs" Gypsum FPD tender, vehicle $5,956.85 9/4-5/11 Reason: the non-federal portion of the fire was within the boundaries of the Gypsum FPD Estimated cost of handcrew $12,000.00 9/3/2011 Estimated First load of Retardant T-142 $9,000.00 9/3/2011 Reason: the Gypsum FPD has already requested WERF* reimbursement for these items Estimated remaining aviation costs $50,000.00 ??? Queen Bee Air Specialties T-880 $4,894.80 9/3/11 Reason: The BLM agrees to cover remainder of aviation related costs * The Wildfire Emergency Response Fund (WERF) (Ref: Colorado State Statue CRS 23-31-309) was created to assist local jurisdictions with initial attack wildland fire response on state and private lands within the state of Colorado. Any County Sheriff, municipal fire department, or fire protection district within Colorado may request WERF as the official Requesting Agency. WERF will reimburse, if funds are available, the Requesting Agency the cost of eligible wildland firefighting resources. If the WERF request is not granted Eagle County will cover 50% of any unreimbursed portion of the cost of the handcrew and/or first load of retardant.