07.01 - Consider Req by Fire Bd for Partial Refund to Breezy Pt

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CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES AND CITY OF BREEZY POINT 2011 -2012 FIRE CONTRACT RECEIVED MAY 0 9 2011 Cr�py By this instrument, the Pequot Lakes Volunteer Fire Department, Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing County, MN and the City of Breezy Point, County of Crow Wing, MN agree with each other as indicated by the following articles: Article 1. The Fire Department agrees to furnish fire service and fire protection to all property within the City of Breezy Point for the compensation and the conditions hereinafter set forth, and the Fire Department further agrees that a noble effort will be made attend all fires within the areas described, whenever it is notified of such fires, subject to the following conditions: A. Two or more fire calls received from the city officers or from property owners within the described area shall be answered in the order of receipt unless the Fire Chief or other officer in charge of the fire department at that time, otherwise directs. B. Road and weather conditions must be such that the fire run can be made with reasonable safety to the fire fighters and equipment of the Fire Department. In the event that the Fire Chief or other officer in charge of the Fire Department at the time makes a decision that the fire run cannot be made with reasonable safety to fire fighters and equipment, such decision shall be final. C. The Fire Department shall not be liable to the City of Breezy Point for loss or damage of any kind whatever, resulting from any failure to furnish or any delay in furnishing fire fighters or fire equipment, or from any failure to prevent control or extinguish any fire, whether such loss or damage is caused by the negligence of the officers, agents, or employees of the City or its fire department or otherwise. D. In responding to Fire calls within the Breezy Point area, the Fire Chief or other officer in charge of the fire department at the time shall dispatch only such personnel and equipment as in his opinion can be safely spared. In case an emergency arises within the Fire Department Service Area while equipment and personnel of the fire department are engaged in fighting a fire within the City of Breezy Point, the Fire Chief, or other officer in charge of the fire department may, in his discretion, recall to the Service Area such equipment and personnel as he may consider necessary to meet the emergency. Article 2. The Fire Department agrees: A. To keep and maintain in good order at its own expense the necessary fire apparatus and equipment for fire service and fire protection within the Fire Department Service area.