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F=h <br /> 3.3. No Requirement to Render Aid. All personnel, resources and services provided <br /> under the terms of this Agreement are furnished and/or supplied voluntarily and at the <br /> discretion of the Responding Agency. The Responding Agency shall have the primary interest <br /> of protecting its own constituency. Nothing herein shall limit the legislative discretion of the <br /> governing bodies of the parties to determine their budget needs and determine appropriate <br /> levels of service, and nothing in this Agreement shall imply a duty to levy taxes, appropriate <br /> funds or enter into specific terms of a collective bargaining unit agreement in order to <br /> effectuate the terms of the Agreement. <br /> SECTION 4. AUTOMATIC AID <br /> 4.1 Emergency Response Services. The Services described herein shall be on an <br /> automatic dispatch basis. The dispatch shall be based upon a pre-determined basis_within the <br /> computer aided dispatch software. The response.shall be established and agreed to by the <br /> Fire Chiefs of the Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, each Party reserves the <br /> right to control its own resources. <br /> 4.2 Automatic Response Procedure. On receipt of an alarm covered by a run card, the <br /> dispatched "Unit(s)" of the Responding Agency shall immediately respond with apparatus, <br /> equipment and/or personnel. <br /> 4.3. Temporary Inability to Provide Aid. Prior to or upon receiving a call for automatic <br /> aid, the Requested Party shall inform the Requesting Party of inability to provide automatic <br /> response. It is anticipated that this inability will only occur at times when the requested <br /> resources of the Requested Party are otherwise committed. <br /> 4.4 Total Withdrawal from Automatic Aid. In the event a Party who is participating in <br /> Automatic Aid elects to withdraw from Automatic Aid with another agency, the withdrawing <br /> Party shall work with that agency, in good faith, to coordinate a reasonable phase-out period of <br /> Automatic Aid services. <br /> SECTION 5. SPECIAL SERVICES <br /> 5.1 The Fire Chief of each Party shall determine, from time to time, the nature and level of <br /> specialized services (e.g., HAZMAT, rescue, etc.) that his or her jurisdiction shall provide <br /> under the terms of the Agreement, including participation with other Parties in establishing joint <br /> services. <br /> PAGE 4 <br />