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47. INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR MUTUAL AID IN FIRE PROTECTION 1. Parties. The City of San Marcos ("San Marcos") and the eity of Lockhart ("Lockhart"), each a Texas municipal corporation, enter into this Interlocal Agreement (the "Agreement") under the authority of the Interlocal Cooperation Act, ehapter 791 of the Texas Government eode, as amended. 2. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to secure for San Marcos and for Lockhart 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 Lockhart. Upon request to a designated representative of the San Marcos Fire Department by a designated representative of the Lockhart Fire Department, equipment and personnel of the San Marcos Fire Department will be dispatched to any point within the area for which the Lockhart Fire Department normally provides fire department services as outlined by the representative of the Lockhart Fire Department. 4. Requests by San Marcos. Upon request to a designated representative of the Lockhart Fire Department by a designated representative of the San Marcos Fire Department, equipment and personnel of the Lockhart Fire Department will be dispatched to any point within 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. e. 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 \Vithin the area for which it normally provides fire department services.