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2 <br />1), and the Fire Department may also use said funds to provide Medical Responder <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 /> <br /> <br />8. 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. Such <br />Medical Responder Services may be provided through mutual aid agreements or through <br />third party contracts <br /> <br />9. The Fire Department shall provide Hazardous Materials Response Services according to <br />the North Carolina Department of Insurance North Carolina Fire Rescue Commission <br />Haz-Mat 1 Responder level for all operational responses in the district. Hazardous <br />Materials Response Services are defined as defensive actions necessary to protect life, <br />property and the environment from the effects of the release. <br /> <br />10. 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 of <br />individuals from vehicle confinement or danger. Fire Department shall maintain any current <br />rescue certifications through the Rescue Association. Such Rescue Services may be <br />provided through mutual aid agreements or through third party contracts. <br /> <br />11. 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 use <br />of persons and individuals in the Little River Fire District for the primary fire <br />protection services outside the area of surrounding response districts. In the event <br />any such expenditure occurs for primary fire protection outside of their insurance <br />response to a neighboring district, the Fire Department shall immediately notify <br />the County and Fire Department shall take corrective measures to rectify the <br />expenditure and to ensure such expenditure shall not be repeated. This does not <br />preclude fire departments in the county to expend funds toward a fire district in this <br />county for the creation and use of a joint facility to be utilized for training in fire, <br />rescue and other emergency services. <br /> <br />12. That Fire Department shall enter into an agreement with surrounding Departments in which <br />the Fire Department provides compensation to those surrounding Departments for their <br />availability and service providing primary fire protection services in an Orange Rural Class <br />10 insurance response areas. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 98CFD7CD-5E86-4B80-B3CD-3F09E1F5D0CF