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2 <br />Medical Responder expenses are attributable to the services rendered within the <br />District. This does not preclude mutual aid agreements. <br /> <br />7. The Fire Department may 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 people 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 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 expend <br />funds toward a fire district in this county for the creation and use of a joint facility <br />to be utilized for training in fire, rescue and other emergency services. <br /> <br />11. That Fire Department may enter into an agreement with surrounding <br />Departments in which the Fire Department provides compensation to those <br />surrounding Departments for their availability and service providing primary fire <br />protection services in an Orange Rural Class 10 insurance response areas. <br /> <br />Operational Scope and Mutual Aid Participation: The Fire Department shall <br />respond to all emergency incidents within its designated response district and <br />may also be dispatched to incidents in other jurisdictions under approved mutual <br />aid agreements. Upon arrival at any incident, the Department shall operate within <br />Docusign Envelope ID: CA1170BA-DF12-46AD-A715-3B43B21EAF28