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B-222821 1 (1987-04-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmqp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LThe Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Advance decision regarding payment of fees in Matterof- support of mutual aid fire protection agreement File: B-222821 Date: April 6, 1987 DIGEST Under the broad authority contained in 42 U.S.C. S 1856a authorizing the heads of Federal installations to enter into mutual aid agreements with local fire departments to protect Federal property against fire and related disasters, the Navy may pay fees assessed by a municipal organization to purchase specialized equipment for training and responding to incidents involving hazardous materials. DECISION The Central Disbursing Officer of the Navy Regional Finance Center at Great Lakes Illinois (Navy) has requested our opinion as to whether the Navy may pay fees assessed by the Lake County Fire Chief's Hazardous Materials Fund to be used to purchase consumable and non-consumable materials in support of the firefighting mutual aid agreement between the Navy and participating municipal fire departments. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that the Navy may pay the fees in question. On November 17, 1982, the Commanding Officer of the Naval Administrative Command in Great Lakes, Illinois (Naval Command) entered into a mutual aid fire protection agreement with several neighboring municipalities that belonged to the Lake County Fire Chiefs Association (Association). The agreement, which is authorized under 42 U.S.C. § 1856a, provides that whenever a participating municipality (which, for purposes of the agreement, includes the Naval Command) is stricken by a fire or other disaster which is too large to be handled by the local fire department, the other participating municipalities shall provide non-reimbursable assistance on a predetermined scale.

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