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211 Provisions of the Agreement In recognition of our desires to best serve the needs of the sick and injured, we endorse the attached "Guidelines for Emergency Medical Service Mutual Aid" and authorize response across political boundaries or other zones of responsibility when requested by another EMS provider, or spokesman for such, under the following circumstances and conditions: When a provider who is primarily responsible for EMS coverage in a particular service area deems the situation requires more than it has resources to handle and that serious aggravation of an existing injury or possible loss of life may result without such assistance or where there is any doubt about the geopolitical location of an emergency call. We agree to assist and cooperate with all other emergency transportation and rescue providers in the event of a disaster according to the provision of the regional disaster plans. The direction of services shall be handled by the primary provider who normally services the area. This responsibility shall be coordinated with the disaster personnel responsible for carrying out local and regional disaster plans upon their arrival. Calls of a routine or non-emergency nature should be directed to an ambulance service to the county where the call originates. Providers whose operations are North Carolina based shall respond to call for assistance with trained personnel, ambulances, or rescue vehicles (no personal vehicles). Out-of-state providers should respond in a similar or like manner. e Reimbursement or charges to which the provider would otherwise be entitled shall not be affected by this agreement. Existing mutual aid agreements among EMS providers within specific counties will not be affected by this agreement. AGREED UPON THIS 15th DAY OF APRIL, 1985 by the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County. /s/ James W. Lentz SIGNATURE GUIDELINES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE MUTUAL AID PURPOSE The purpose of these Guidelines is to outline basic procedures which will be followed in requesting or responding to calls for mutual aid. DEFINITION OF TERMS MUTUAL AID: the term "mutual aid" refers to a request for assistance from one ambulance service to another, either within one county or across county lines. The need for mutual aid may result from lengthy response times, vehicle breakdown, vehicle shortage, disaster or other circumstances. An emergency call from an individual located in a county outside that in which the responding ambulance service is based may also result in a mutual aid situation if there is doubt about the geopolitical location of the call; or if previously agreed to by both parties. CMED: Central Medical Emergency Dispatch PROVIDER: any organization, company, institution or governmental department which is directly involved, either on a paid or voluntary basis, in emergency transportation and/or rescue of the sick and injured.