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2 <br /> <br />and rescue services within the District, and to pay other legitimate fire, rescue, and <br />Medical Responder expenses attributable to the services rendered within the District. <br />This does not preclude mutual aid agreements. <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <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. Such Rescue Services may be <br />provided through mutual aid agreements or through third party contracts. <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />B. Fire Department shall not expend any funds or resources appropriated for the <br />use of persons and individuals in the Cane Creek Fire District for the primary <br />fire protection services outside the area of surrounding response districts. In <br />the event any such expenditure occurs for primary fire protection outside of <br />their insurance response to a neighboring district, the Fire Department shall <br />immediately notify the County and Fire Department shall take corrective <br />measures to rectify the expenditure and to ensure such expenditure shall not <br />be repeated. This does not preclude fire departments in the county to <br />expend funds toward a fire district in this county for the creation and use of a <br />joint facility to be utilized for training in fire, rescue and other emergency <br />services. <br /> <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 />Departments for their availability and service providing primary fire protection <br />services in an Orange Rural Class 10 insurance response areas. <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: EF1A27D5-6E05-446B-85BE-8D776770BDC6