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AUTOMATIC AIDIMUTUAL AID AGREEMENT <br />BETWEEN THE CITIES OF FOREST LAKE and HUGO FOR THE DISPATCH AND <br />USE OF FIRE PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT <br />This Automatic Aid Agreement for use of fire personnel and equipment ("Agreement") is <br />made and entered into and effective this day of , 2018, <br />by and among the City of Forest Lake, a Minnesota municipal corporation ("Forest Lake") and the <br />City of Hugo, a Minnesota municipal corporation ("Hugo') pursuant to the provisions of <br />Minnesota Statutes §471.59 which authorizes the joint and cooperative exercise of powers <br />common to the contracting parties. Subject to the terms and conditions hereafter stated and based <br />on the representations, agreements and recitals of the parties herein contained, the parties do hereby <br />agree as follows: <br />ARTICLE I <br />DEFINITIONS <br />1.1 Terms. The following terms, unless elsewhere specifically defined herein, shall have the <br />following meanings as set forth below. <br />1.2 "Par or Parties". The City of Forest Lake and the City of Hugo. Parties shall <br />collectively mean more than one Party. <br />1.3 "Requesting Official". The person designated by a Party who is responsible for <br />requesting Assistance from the other Party. <br />1.4 "Requesting Parhv". A Party that requests assistance the other Party, or in the case of <br />the provision of Automatic Aid, the City where the building/structure fire is located. <br />1.5 "Responding Official." The person designated by a Party who is responsible to <br />determine whether and to what extent that Party should provide Assistance to a <br />Requesting Party. <br />1.6 "Responding Partâ–º." A Party that provides assistance to a Requesting Party. <br />1.7 "Assistance." Fire/rescue and/or emergency medical services personnel and equipment. <br />1.8 "Automatic Aid." A predetermined response as provided in this Agreement. <br />1.9 "Fire Response Area." The areas shown on the Automatic Mutual Aid Response Map <br />attached hereto as Exhibits A and B. <br />ARTICLE II <br />RECITALS <br />WHEREAS, the intent of this Agreement is to make fire equipment, personnel and other <br />resources available to the Parties to this Agreement to address fire emergencies; and <br />