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2 <br /> <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 scene. <br />Such Medical Responder Services may be provided through mutual aid agreements <br />or through third party contracts <br /> <br />8. The Fire Department shall provide Hazardous Materials Response Services according <br />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. Fire Department shall maintain any <br />current rescue certifications through the Rescue Association. Such Rescue Services <br />may be provided through mutual aid agreements or through third party contracts. <br /> <br />10. Notwithstanding Section 6 above Fire Department may provide fire protection services <br />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 departments <br />submitted to the fire marshal for processing to the Board of County <br />Commissioners. <br /> <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 take <br />corrective measures to rectify the expenditure and to ensure such expenditure <br />shall not be repeated. This does not preclude fire departments in the county <br />to expend funds toward a fire district in this county for the creation and use of <br />a 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 Departments <br />for their availability and service providing primary fire protection services in an Orange <br />Rural Class 10 insurance response areas. <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 1D34DE75-4D2F-40C4-96C1-C8A2878C4488