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Section III. PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING ASSISTANCE Mutual aid and assistance shall not be requested unless the resources available within the stricken area are deemed inadequate by Recipient. When Recipient becomes affected by a disaster and deems its resources inadequate, it may request mutual aid and assistance by communicating the request to Provider, indicating the request is made pursuant to this mutual aid agreement. The request shall be followed as soon as practicable by a written confixmation of that request, including the transmission of a proclamation of local state of emergency under G.S. 166A-8 and Article 36 A of Chapter 14 of the NC General Statutes, and a completed form describing its projected needs in light of the disaster. All requests for mutual aid and assistance shall be transmitted by the party's Authorized Representative or to the Coordinator of the Local Agency as set forth below. A. METHOD OF REQUEST FOR MUTUAL AID AND ASSISTANCE: Recipient shall set forth requests by means of one of the two options described as follows: (i) REQUESTS ROUTED THROUGH THE RECIPIENT'S LOCAL AGENCY: Recipient may. directly contact the Local Agency, in which case it shall provide the Local Agency with the information in paragraph B of this Section (Section m). The Local Agency shall then contact other parties on behalf of Recipient to coordinate the provision of mutual aid and assistance. Recipient shall be responsible for the costs and expenses incurred by any Provider in providing aid and assistance pursuant to Section VII of this Agreement. (ii) REQUESTS MADE DIRECTLY TO PROVIDER: Recipient may directly contact Provider's authorized representative, setting forth the information in paragraph B of this Section (Section II1). All commnnications shall be conducted directly between Recipient and Provider. Recipient shall be responsible for the costs and expenses incurred by any Provider in providing aid and assistance pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement as noted in Section VII of this Agreement. Provider and recipient shall be responsible for keeping Local Agencies advised of the status of response activities, in a timely manner. (iii) RECORD OF REQUESTS TO BE PROVIDED: A record ofthe request for assistance shall be provided by the Recipient to the Director of the Division of Emergency Management in the NC Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, in a timely manner. B. REQUIRED INFORMATION: Each request for assistance shall be accompanied by the following information, in writing or by any other available means, to the extent known: 1. Stricken Area and Status: A general description summarizing the condition of the community (i.e., whether the disaster is imminent, in progress, or has already occurred) and of the damage sustained to date; 2. Services: Identification of the service function(s) for which assistance is needed and the particular type of assistance needed; 3. Infrastructure Systems: Identification of the type(s) of public infrastructure system for which assistance is needed (water and sewer, storm water systems, streets) and the type of work assistance needed; 3