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MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT BETWEEN EMERGENCY SERVICES OF LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS AND CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS Page 2 Any party, city and county, requested to render mutual aid shall take such action as is necessary to provide and make available the resources covered by this agreement in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that it is understood that the city or county rendering aid may withhold resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable protection for such city or county. Each party city or county while operating within another city or county limits under the terms and conditions of this agreement, may exercise the same powers (except that of arrest unless specifically authorized by the receiving city or county), duties, rights, privileges and immunities as if they were performing their duties in the city or county in which normally employed or rendering services. Emergency management forces will continue under the command and control of their regular leaders, but the organizational units will come under the operational control of the emergency management authorities of the city or county receiving assistance. All requests for mutual aid under this agreement shall be made through the State Disaster District organization and that organization will serve as a channel through which outside aid will be dispatched. SECTION 3. LIABILITY No party city or county or its officers or employees rendering aid in another city or county pursuant to this agreement shall be liable on account of any act or omission in good faith on the part of such forces while so engaged, or on account of the maintenance or use of any equipment or supplies in connection therewith. SECTION 4. SUPPLEMENTARY AGREEMENTS Inasmuch as it is probable that the pattern and detail of the arrangements for mutual aid among two (2) or more cities or counties may differ from that appropriate among other cities or counties party hereto (if any), this instrument contains elements of a broad base common to all cities and counties, and nothing herein contained shall preclude any city or county from entering into supplementary agreements with other cities or counties. Such supplementary agreements may comprehend, but shall not be limited to, provisions for evacuation and reception of injured and other persons, and the exchange of medical care, fire, police, public utility, reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel, equipment, and supplies. SECTION 5. COMPENSATION Each party city or county shall provide for the payment of compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency management forces of that city or county and the representatives of deceased members of such forces in case such members sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid pursuant to this agreement, in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained within such city or county. SECTION 6. FINANCE Any party city or county rendering aid in another city or county pursuant to this agreement shall be reimbursed by the party city or county receiving such aid for any loss or damage to, or expense incurred in the operation of any equipment answering a request for aid, and for the cost incurred in connection with such requests; provided, that any aiding party city or county may assume in whole or in part such loss damage