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Page 2 of 4 <br />IV. Procedure <br /> <br />Subd. 1. Request for assistance. <br />Whenever, in the opinion of a Requesting Official, there is a need for assistance from <br />other parties, the Requesting Official may call upon the Responding Official of any other <br />party to furnish assistance. Specialized activities of a non-emergency nature may be <br />requested and/or provided by the Parties of this Agreement <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Response to request. <br />Upon the request for assistance from a Requesting Party, the Responding Official may <br />authorize and direct his/her party's personnel to provide assistance to the Requesting <br />Party. This decision will be made after considering the needs of the responding party and <br />the availability of resources. <br /> <br />Subd. 3. Recall of Assistance. <br />The Responding Official may at any time recall such assistance when in his or her best <br />judgment or by an order from the governing body of the Responding Party, it is <br />considered to be in the best interests of the Responding Party to do so. <br /> <br />Subd. 4. Command of Scene. <br />The Requesting Party shall be in command of the mutual aid scene. All mutual aid <br />operations will be carried out according to the Minnesota Incident Management System <br />(MIMS). The personnel and equipment of the Responding Party shall be under the <br />direction and control of the Requesting Party until the Responding Official withdraws <br />assistance. <br /> <br /> <br />V. Workers' compensation <br /> <br />Each party shall be responsible for injuries or death of its own personnel. Each party will <br />maintain workers' compensation insurance or self-insurance coverage, covering its own <br />personnel while they are providing assistance pursuant to this agreement. Each party <br />waives the right to sue any other party for any workers' compensation benefits paid to its <br />own employee or volunteer or their dependents, even if the injuries were caused wholly <br />or partially by the negligence of any other party or its officers, employees, or volunteers. <br /> <br /> <br />VI. Damage to equipment <br /> <br />Each party shall be responsible for damages to or loss of its own equipment. Each party <br />waives the right to sue any other party for any damages to or loss of its equipment, even <br />if the damages or losses were caused wholly or partially by the negligence of any other <br />party or its officers, employees, or volunteers.