2015-190 Agreement with County of Simcoe Medical Aid Tiered Response Data SharingThe Corporation of the Township of Oro-Medonte
By -Law No. 2015-190
A By-law to Authorize the Execution of an Agreement between
The Corporation of the Township of Oro-Medonte and
The Corporation of the County of Simcoe
for a Medical Aid Tiered Response Data Sharing Agreement
Whereas Section 11 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S. 0. 2001, c.25, as amended,
authorizes a municipality to pass by-laws with respect to the health, safety and well-
being of persons;
And Whereas Section 20(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, R.S.O. 2001, c.25, as
amended, provides that a municipality may enter into an agreement with other
municipalities for joint undertakings;
And Whereas Section 116(1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, R.S.O. 2001, c.25, as
amended, provides that a municipality may establish, maintain and operate a
centralized communication system for emergency response purposes;
And Whereas Section 2(5) of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997, S. 0.
1997, c.4 provides that a municipality may, under such conditions as may be
specified in the agreement, enter into an agreement to receive such fire protection
services as may be specified in the agreement from a fire department situated
outside the territorial limits of the municipality;
And Whereas the Township of Oro-Medonte has entered into an agreement with
the City of Orillia for the provision of Fire Dispatch Services;
And Whereas Council deems expedient to enter into a Medical Aid Tiered
Response Data Sharing Agreement between The Township of Oro-Medonte and
The Corporation of the County of Simcoe.
Now Therefore the Council of the Township of Oro-Medonte hereby enacts as
follows:
1. That the Mayor be authorized to execute the Medical Aid Tiered Response Data
Sharing Agreement between The Township of Oro-Medonte and The
Corporation of the County of Simcoe attached hereto as Schedule "A" and
forming part of this by-law;
2. This by-law shall take effect on the final passing thereof.
By -Law Read a First, Second and Third time, and Passed this 12 day of
November, 2015.
The Corporation of the Township of Oro-Medonte
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MEDICAL AID TIERED RESPONSE
DATA SHARING AGREEMENT
This Data Sharing Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into this I o)- day ofy3oQ ,�10D-g r , 20 15
BETWEEN:
THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF SIMCOE
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TOWNSHIP OF ORO-MEDONTE
WHEREAS:
(the "County")
(the "Township")
1. The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care maintains a data repository (Ambulance Dispatch
Reporting System - ADRS) of call information collected through ambulance communication centres;
2. The County provides paramedic services within the County of Simcoe, and the cities of Barrie and
Orillia;
3. The County of Simcoe, through a web based portal collects pertinent emergency response
information for calls within the County of Simcoe, and calls serviced by the County of Simcoe
outside of its borders;
4. The City of Orillia Fire Service ("Orillia Fire") provides fire dispatching services to the Township and
maintains a data repository of call information collected during the course of their contracted duties.
Some of these calls relate to emergency responses that include medical aid for which paramedic
services from the County are also engaged.
5. The County and the Township wish to enter into an arrangement to share certain data (the "Data")
about these calls in order to improve their services to the public.
NOW THEREFORE, for the consideration expressed in the recitals above, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the parties agrees as follows:
1. The Township expressly authorizes and directs Orillia Fire Service to cooperate with the County
and to provide the Data to the County covered by this Agreement.
2. In particular, the Township gives its consent to the County of Simcoe to request and receive fire
response data from the Orillia Fire Service AND THAT Orillia Fire Service can release the
requested information for the purpose of data matching, response time calculations and mapping.
3. Unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement or by subsequent agreement in writing, no part of
the Data may be copied, published, disseminated, or used in any form or by any means other than
for the use(s) described and agreed to herein.
4. The Data will include:
a. the full emergency response data set for medical tiered calls, in order to facilitate the
automatic matching of addresses and responses
b. call information and data bases related to identified emergency responses within the
County of Simcoe.
5. The Parties agree that such a request for fire response data will be made at the end of every
quarter of the calendar year.
6. The County of Simcoe agrees that a shared database consisting of County of Simcoe Paramedic
Service response data and Orillia Fire Service response data will be made available for review by
Orillia.
7. The Parties understand that there are no assurances of accuracy of completeness in the data
provided by the above named Parties. The data is acknowledged to be provided on an "as is"
basis.
B. The Parties acknowledge and agree that there is no representation, warrant, condition or promise
(express or implied, statutory or otherwise) given by any party as to the completeness, accuracy,
reliability for any intended use or purpose of any of its data.
9. The Parties shall use appropriate safeguards to prevent use or disclosure of the data other than as
permitted to under this agreement. The Parties acknowledge that both the County and the
Township are bound by the provisions of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of
Privacy Act which shall be adhered to as it may apply to the information being collected and
exchanged under this agreement.
10. The Parties individually agree to indemnify and save harmless one another from any suits, actions,
claims or demands of any kind if negligence on their part results in an illegal or inappropriate
release of the Data or any part of same.
11. This Agreement shall be automatically renewed unless either party provides to the other sixty days
notice of their desire to terminate this Agreement in writing.
12. This agreement and any schedules may only be amended by the written agreement of the Parties.
13. The Parties undertake and agree to give one another written notice of any changes in legislation,
regulations or policies respecting those Parties that are likely to affect the obligations incurred under
this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized
representatives effective as of the day and year set forth above.
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