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Medical Responder expenses attributable to the services rendered within the District . <br /> This does not preclude mutual aid agreements . <br /> 7 . The Fire Department shall provide Medical Responder Services within the District . <br /> Medical Responder Services are defined as the provision of Basic Life Support <br /> treatment as needed until such time as more highly trained personnel arrive on <br /> scene . Such Medical Responder Services may be provided through mutual aid <br /> agreements or through third party contracts <br /> 8 . The Fire Department shall provide Hazardous Materials Response Services <br /> according to the North Carolina Department of Insurance North Carolina Fire Rescue <br /> Commission Haz- Mat 1 Responder level for all operational responses in the district . <br /> Hazardous Materials Response Services are defined as defensive actions necessary <br /> to protect life , property and the environment from the effects of the release . <br /> 9 . The Fire Department shall provide Rescue Services to all persons and individuals <br /> within the District . Rescue Services are defined as the removal , extrication , or freeing <br /> of individuals from vehicle confinement or danger . Currently the fire department is <br /> certified through the Rescue Association in Agriculture Rescue , Heavy Rescue , High <br /> Angle Rescue , Confined Space Rescue , Swift Water Rescue and by December 1 , <br /> 2010 Structural Collapse Rescue and Trench Collapse Rescue . Fire Department <br /> shall maintain current rescue certifications through the Rescue Association , Such <br /> Rescue Services may be provided through mutual aid agreements or through third <br /> party contracts . <br /> 10 . Notwithstanding Section 6 above Fire Department may provide fire protection <br /> services outside the District subject to the following terms and conditions : <br /> A . That Fire Department is authorized to extend their primary insurance fire <br /> protection services in surrounding fire insurance districts to better serve the <br /> citizens by eliminating a class 10 area in the neighboring fire district . The fire <br /> department shall provide a notarized agreement between the fire <br /> departments submitted to the fire marshal for processing to the Board of <br /> County Commissioners . <br /> B . Fire Department shall not expend any funds or resources appropriated for the <br /> use of persons and individuals in the Central Orange Fire District for the <br /> primary fire protection services outside the area of surrounding response <br /> districts . In the event any such expenditure occurs for primary fire protection <br /> outside of their insurance response to a neighboring district , the Fire <br /> Department shall immediately notify the County and Fire Department shall <br /> take corrective measures to rectify the expenditure and to ensure such <br /> expenditure shall not be repeated . This does not preclude fire departments in <br /> the county to expend funds toward a fire district in this county for the creation <br /> and use of a joint facility to be utilized for training in fire , rescue and other <br /> emergency services . <br /> 11 . That Fire Department shall enter into an agreement with surrounding Departments in <br /> which the Fire Department provides compensation to those surrounding <br /> 2 <br />