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5.03 Team members 215 The chief law enforcement officer of each party shall assign licensed peace officers to serve as 216 EMS team members, subject to approval of the Team Commander. Appointment as a team member 217 pursuant to this agreement shall not obligate any party to pay its employees so appointed any 218 premium pay. 219 220 Team members assigned to the EMS 221 jurisdictions and will not be employees of the governing board. 222 223 A party may decline to make its personnel available to respond to a call for assistance. Failure to 224 provide assistance in response to a request made pursuant to this agreement will not result in any 225 liability to the party that fails to provide assistance or to the EMS. 226 227 5.04 Direction and Control 228 Personnel and equipment provided pursuant to this agreement shall be under the direction and the 229 tactical control of the licensed peace officer in command of the scene of the jurisdiction to which 230 assistance is being provided. They shall remain under this tactical control until the request for 231 assistance ends, or they are recalled by the Team Commander. 232 233 5.05 Compensation 234 When EMS provides services to a requesting party, the personnel of EMS shall be compensated by 235 their respective employers just as if they were performing the duties within and for the jurisdiction 236 of their employer. No charges will be levied by EMS or by parties for specialized response 237 operations provided to a requesting party pursuant to this agreement unless that assistance 238 continues for a period exceeding 48 continuous hours. If assistance provided pursuant to this 239 agreement continues for more than 48 continuous hours, and the assistance is not provided in 240 connection with a criminal investigation, any party whose officers provided assistance for EMS 241 shall submit itemized bills for the actual cost of any assistance provided, including salaries, 242 overtime, materials and supplies, to EMS and EMS shall submit the invoices to the requesting 243 party. The requesting party shall reimburse EMS for that amount, and EMS shall forward the 244 reimbursement to its respective members. 245 246 Each of the parties, with the exception of the Metropolitan Council, is required by Minn. Stat., § 247 12.27, Subd. 3 to designate employees or officers who are authorized to dispatch equipment and 248 personnel, in certain emergencies, to other jurisdictions. For purposes of dispatching EMS teams, 249 each of the parties delegates such authority to EMS, which is authorized to dispatch such personnel 250 and equipment, taking into consideration each party's available resources. 251 252 Calls for assistance from non-parties to EMS shall be governed by Minn. Stat., § 12.331. Each of 253 the parties, with the exception of the Metropolitan Council, delegates to EMS the authority to 254 respond with the personnel and equipment of that party that are assigned to EMS as a sending 255 political subdivision within the meaning of Minn. Stat., § 12.331, Subd. 1, which is authorized to 256 dispatch such personnel and equipment, taking into consideration each party's available resources. 257 258 If EMS provides services to an entity not a party to this agreement, the responding parties may 259 submit itemized bills for the actual cost of any assistance provided, including salaries, overtime, 260 materials and supplies, to EMS, and EMS may bill such entity for the actual costs in accordance 261 with Minn. Stat., § 12.331. 262 263 264 5.06 265 Each party to this agreement shall be responsible for injuries to or death of its own employees in 266 267 compensation coverage or self-insurance coverage, covering its own personnel while they are 268 5