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22. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR MUTUAL AID IN FIRE PROTECTION 1. Parties. The City of San Marcos ("San Marcos"), a Texas Municipal corporation, and the Wimberley Volunteer Fire Department ("Wimberley"), enter into this Interlocal Agreement (the "Agreement") under the authority of the Interlocal Cooperation Act, Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code, as amended. 2. Purpose. ïhe purpose of this Agreement is to secure for San Marcos and for Wimberley the benefits of mutual aid in fire department services, including fire prevention, fire suppression, hazardous material response; special rescue of endangered persons and arson investigations. 3. Requests by Wimberley. Upon request to a designated representative of the San Marcos Fire Department by a designated representative of the Wimberley Volunteer Fire Department, equipment and personnel of the San Marcos Fire Department will be dispatched to any point within the area for which the Wimberley Volunteer Fire Department normally provides fire department services as outlined by the representative of the Wimberley Volunteer Fire Department. 4. Requests by San Marcos. Upon request to a designated representative of the Wimberley "1lunteer Fire Department by a designated representative of the San Marcos Fire Department, ]uipment and personnel of the Wimberley Volunteer Fire Department will be dispatched to any point -.-Jthin the jurisdiction of the San Marcos Fire Department as outlined by the representative of the San Marcos Fire Department. 5. Conditions. Any dispatch of equipment and personnel pursuant to this Agreement is subject to the following conditions: A. Any request for aid hereunder shall include a statement of the amount and type of equipment and number of personnel requested, and shall specify the location to which the equipment and personnel are to be dispatched, but the amount and type of equipment and number of personnel to be furnished shall be determined by a representative of the responding organization. B. The responding organization shall report to the officer in charge of the requesting organization at the location to which the equipment is dispatched and shall be subject to the orders of that official. C. A responding organization shall be released by the requesting organization when the services of the responding organization are no longer required or when the officer in charge of the responding organization determines the responding organization is needed within the area for which it normally provides fire department services. 6. Waiver of Claims. Each party waives all claims against every other party for compensation for any loss, damage, personal injury, or death occurring as a consequence of the performance of this agreement.