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CAPITOL CITY REGIONAL FIREFIGHT'ER'S <br />• ASSOCIATION FIRE SERVICE AGREEMENT <br />RECIPROCAL FIRE SERVICE AGREEMENT <br />This agreement is made pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 471.59, which authorizes the joint <br />and cooperative exercise of powers common to contracting parties. The intent of this <br />agreement is to make equipment, personnel and other resources available to political <br />subdivisions from other political subdivisions. <br />l . "Party" means a political subdivision. <br />2. "Requesting Official" means the person designated by a Party who is responsible for <br />requesting Assistance from other Parties. <br />3. "Requesting Party" means a party that requests assistance from other parties. <br />4. "Respvndin~ Official" means the person designated by a' party who `is responsible to <br />determine .whether and to what extent that party should provide assistance to a .Requesting <br />Party. <br />5. "Responding Parley" means a party that provides assistance to a Requesting Party. <br />6. "Assistance" means Fire/Rescue and/or emergency medical services personnel and <br />equipment. <br />1. Request for assistance. <br />Whenever, izi the opinion of a Requesting Official, there is a need far assistance .from other <br />parties, the Requesting Official rriay call upon the Responding 0£ficial of any ,other party <br />to furnish assistance. <br />2. Response t4 request. _ ,. <br />Upon the request fvr assistance from a Requesting Party, the ~.espanding Official may <br />authorise and direct his/her party's personnel. to provide assistance to ,the Requesting Party. <br />This decision will be'made after considering the needs of the responding parry and the <br />availability of resources: , . <br />3. Recall of Assistance. <br />The Responding Official may at any time recall such assistance when in his or her best <br />judgment or by an order from the governing body of the Responding Party, it is considered <br />to be in the best interests of the Responding Party to do so. <br />4. Command of Scene. <br />The Requesting Party shall be in command of the mutual aid scene. The personnel and <br />equipment of the Responding Parry shall be under the direction and control of the <br />Requesting Party until the Responding Official withdraws assistance. <br />C7 <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />