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same extent as it does within the City Fire Service Area of Long Lake. In the event of <br />two fire calls received within the same time frame, the call first received shall have <br />priority and the second call shall be answered as soon as possible. Long Lake will <br />furnish sufficient staff to each call to safely, legally and effectively operate all necessary <br />vehicles and equipment and provide all necessary services. <br />4. Command Responsibilitv <br />Subject to the terms of this agreement, the Fire Chief of Long Lake or the Chief's <br />designee shall have the sole and exclusive right and responsibility to prescribe the <br />manner and method of giving the alarm for fire within the Total Fire Service Area and to <br />prescribe the manner and method of responding to calls and rendering the services <br />contemplated. The said Fire Chief or designee shall immediately upon arriving at the <br />scene of any alarm or fire emergency have the sole and exclusive responsibility and <br />authority to direct and control any and all fire fighting and the emergency operations at <br />such scene or scenes. <br />5. Volunteer Fire Fi ters of the Ci1y of Long Lake <br />Personnel assigned to provide fire protection services in the Contracting Cities shall be <br />volunteer firefighters of the City of Long Lake, which City shall assume all obligations <br />with regard to Worker's Compensation, Firemen's Relief Association, withholding tax, <br />insurance, etc. for such volunteer firefighters, if any. <br />The cost of such obligations shall be a part of the costs attributed to the operation of the <br />Long Lake Fire Department and will be included in the Annual Fire Services Budget <br />Package. <br />6. Nature of Long Lake Undertakin <br />In no event shall this agreement be construed to fix upon Long Lake any responsibility or <br />liability to the Contracting Cities or to third parties which are greater or different in kind <br />than the responsibilities and liabilities borne by the Contracting Cities if they were <br />providing such seivices through their own fire departments. <br />7. Liabilily insurance <br />Long Lake shall carry liability insurance in an amount no less than $1,800,000.00 <br />protecting itself and the other Contracting Cities against damage claims of its fire fighters <br />for personal injury sustained while in service within the said limits of the Contracting <br />Cities as hereto set forth. The amount of the insurance coverage shall be reviewed <br />annually and if determined to be inadequate the amount of the coverage shall be adjusted <br />accordingly. And further, Long Lake shall carry liability insurance in an amount no less <br />than $1,800,000.00 saving the contracting cities harmless so far as acts of the City of <br />Long Lake, its fire department and its fire fighters are concerned. The City of Long Lake <br />shall review the amount of the coverage annually and if determined to be inadequate, the <br />2 <br />