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same extent as it does within the City Fire Service Area of Lx)ng Lake. In the event of two fire calls received within the same time frame, the call first received shall have priority and the second call shall be answered as soon as possible. Long Lake will furnish sufficient staff to each call to safely, legally and effectively operate all necessary vehicles and equipment and provide all necessary services. 4. Command Responsibility Subject to the terms of this agreement, the Fire Chief of Long Lake or the Chiefs designee shall have the sole and exclusive right and responsibility to prescribe the manner and method of giving the alarm for fire within the Total Fire Service Area and to prescribe the manner and method of responding to calls and rendering the services contemplated. The said Fire Chief or designee shall immediately upon arriving at the scene of any alarm or fire emergency have the sole and exclusive responsibility and authority to direct and control any and all fire fighting and the emergency operations at such scene or scenes. 5. Volunteer Fire Fighters of the City of Lone Lake Personnel assigned to provide fire protection services in the Contracting Cities shall be volunteer firefighters of the City of Long Lake, which City shall assume all obligations with regard to Worker’s Compensation, Firemen's Relief Association, withholding tax, insurance, etc. for such volunteer firefighters, if any. The cost of such obligations shall be a part of the costs attributed to the operation of the Long Lake Fire Department and will be included in the Annual Fire Services Budget Package. 6. Nature of Lone Lake Undertaking In no event shall this agreement be construed to fix upon Long Lake any responsibility or liability to the Contracting Cities or to third parties which are greater or different in kind than the responsibilities and liabilities borne by the Contracting Cities if they were providing such serv ices through their own fire departments. 7. Liability Insurance Long Lake shall carry liability insurance in an amount no less than $1,800,000.00 protecting itself and the other Contracting Cities against damage claims of its fire fighters for personal injury sustained while in service within the said limits of the Contracting Cities as hereto set forth. The amount of the insurance coverage shall be reviewed annually and if determined to be inadequate the amount of the coverage shall be adjusted accordingly. And further. Long Lake shall carry liability insurance in an amount no less than SI ,800,000.00 saving the contracting cities harmless so far as acts of the City of Long Lake, its fire department and its fire fighters are concerned. The City of Long Lake shall review the amount of the coverage annually and if determined to be inadequate, the