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RESPONSE AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE ON OTHER FIRE AGENCY CONTRACTS V2017 3.2.5 The Parties recognize that time is critical during an emergency and diligent efforts will be made to respond to a request for Mutual Aid as rapidly as possible, including any notification(s)that requested resources are not available. 3.3. No Reauirement to Render Aid. All personnel, resources and services provided under the terms of this Agreement are furnished and/or supplied voluntarily and at the discretion of the Responding Agency. The Responding Agency shall have the primary interest of protecting its own constituency. Nothing herein shall limit the legislative discretion of the governing bodies of the parties to determine their budget needs and determine appropriate levels of service, and nothing in this Agreement shall imply a duty to levy taxes, appropriate funds or enter into specific terms of a collective bargaining unit agreement in order to effectuate the terms of the Agreement. SECTION 4. AUTOMATIC AID 4.1 Emergency Response Services. The Services described herein shall be on an automatic dispatch basis. The dispatch shall be based upon a pre-determined basis within the computer aided dispatch software. The response shall be established and agreed to by the Fire Chiefs of the Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, each Party reserves the right to control its own resources. 4.2 Automatic Response Procedure. On receipt of an alarm covered by a predetermined response plan, the dispatched "Unit(s)" of the Responding Agency shall immediately respond with apparatus, equipment and/or personnel when available. 4.3. Temporary Inability to Provide Aid. Prior to or upon receiving a call for automatic aid, the Requested Party shall inform the Requesting Party of inability to provide automatic response. It is anticipated that this inability will only occur at times when the requested resources of the Requested Party are otherwise committed. 4.4 Total Withdrawal from Automatic Aid. In the event a Party who is participating in Automatic Aid elects to withdraw from Automatic Aid with another agency, the withdrawing Party shall work with that agency, in good faith, to coordinate a reasonable phase-out period of Automatic Aid services. SECTION 5. SPECIAL SERVICES 5.1 The Fire Chief of each Party shall determine, from time to time, the nature and level of specialized services (e.g., HAZMAT, rescue, etc.) that his or her jurisdiction shall provide under the terms of the Agreement, including participation with other Parties in establishing joint services. SECTION 6. COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY AT EMERGENCY SCENES 6.1 The first arriving Officer to the scene of an emergency incident shall assume Command of the incident. Command may be assumed by a higher ranking officer from any jurisdiction. Command, however, shall be relinquished to an officer of the agency having jurisdiction upon that officer's request. All of the individuals in Command positions, of any incident related to this Agreement, shall be governed by the "Incident Command' safety considerations, as established by WAC 296-305 and the specific County Chiefs Association Policies. PAGE 4