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Purpose The purpose of this Agreement is to allow and define a procedure for the Cities to provide automatic first-alarm response for structure fires within one another's jurisdictional boundaries. II. Procedures Each City will provide to the other an engine company (with a minimum crew of four (4) non-probationary firefighters, trained to meet or exceed the State of Minnesota Firefighter I certification) to respond on a first-alarm basis to structure fires. Each City will provide mutually agreed upon equipment to respond for first-alarm structures, to mutually agreed upon response districts, during mutually agreed upon hours. The equipment to respond, response districts, and hours that automatic aid will be provided will be outlined in the documents attached hereto, each labeled respectively to the community receiving and giving aid. The ranking officer (or his/her designee) of the City in which the incident occurs shall serve as the Incident Commander and shall be in command of all personnel and equipment operating on the emergency scene. Each participant to this agreement shall continue to be responsible for its own personnel, equipment, and for injuries or death to any such personnel or damage to any such equipment. Each participant's personnel shall be deemed to be performing their regular duties for the participant. Insurance coverage and any financial compensation shall be the responsibility of each parry for its own personnel and equipment. Each parry waives the right to sue the other parry for any worker's compensation benefits paid to its own employee or volunteer even if the injuries were caused wholly or partially by the negligence of any other parry, its officers, employees, or volunteers. Other specialized emergency and non-emergency services may be requested and/or provided by the participants to this Agreement. There is no obligation on the part of the participants to provide specialized emergency or non-emergency services. No charge shall be made to either party for assistance rendered under this Agreement. Provided, however, that in the event the City that is requesting assistance under this Agreement is reimbursed for said personnel, equipment, or any other costs, from a party or parties responsible for the emergency, or otherwise reimbursed by a third parry source, then reimbursement, on a pro-rata basis, shall be made to the responding party for any equipment or personnel charges. Proper written documentation of expenses must accompany a request for reimbursement.