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AN AGREEMENT FOR MUTUAL AID <br /> REGARbING EMERGENCY MEDICAL -SERVICES <br /> IN THE STATE OF" NORTH 'CAROLINA <br /> The following shall constitute an agreement in principle among the 100 <br /> counties and the Cherokee Indian Reservation within the State of North <br /> Carolina regarding Emergency Medical Services. <br /> Provisions of the Agreement <br /> 1. In recog 'ition of our desires to best serve the needs of the sick and <br /> injured, we endorse the attached "Guidelines for Emergency Medical <br /> Service flutual Aid" and authorize response across political boundaries <br /> or other zones of responsibility when requested by another EMS provider, <br /> or spokesman for such, under the following circumstances and conditions: <br /> When a provider who is primarily responsible for EMS coverage in a <br /> particular service area deems the situtation requires more than it <br /> has resources to handle and that serious aggravation of an existing <br /> injury or possible loss of life may result without such assistance <br /> or where there is any doubt about the geopolitical location of an <br /> emergency call. <br /> 2. We agree to assist and cooperate with all other emergency transportation <br /> and rescue providers in the event of a disaster according to the <br /> yF provision of the regional disaster plans. <br /> `hJ <br /> The direction of services shall be handled by the primary provider <br /> who normally services the area. This responsibility shall be <br /> coordinated with the disaster personnel responsible for carrying <br /> out local and regional disaster plans upon their arrival . <br /> 3. Calls of a routine or non-emergency nature should be directed to an <br /> ... ambulanc� service to the county where the call originates. <br /> 4. Providers whose operations are North Carolina based shall respond to <br /> call for assistance with trained personnel , ambulances, or rescue <br /> vehicles (no personal vehicles). Out-of-state providers should respond <br /> in a similar or like manner. <br /> 5. Reimbursement or charges to which the provider would otherwise be <br /> n�. <br /> entitled shall not be affected by this agreement. <br /> 6. Existing mutual aid agreements among EMS providers within specific <br /> counties will not be affected by this agreement. <br /> ;rat <br /> AGREED UPON THIS cA0c4w6 DAY OF / p��' � , 19 15~ <br /> li <br /> by the Board of Commissioners of r.007 e„ County. <br /> I. lip <br /> I `� <br />