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SECTION 5. Personnel A. The Municipalities agree that for every ten (10) full-time or part-time firefighters (rounded to the nearest 10) employed by a Municipality, the Municipality shall contribute at least one (1) fully trained firefighter to the TRT. Exceptions to this policy must be approved by the Board. B. If a Mmucipality were to drop below the required number of TRT Members, they will have one (1) year to comply with the required number. If a Municipality does not have the required number of TRT Members assigned to the team after the one (1) year grace period, they will be billed at fifty percent (50%) of the non- participating municipality chargeable rate as set forth in this Agreement. If after two (2) years, the Municipality in violation does not have the required nntnber of TRT Members, they will be charged one hundred percent (100%) of the non-Municipality ra#e as set forth in this Agreement. C. TRT Members shall be governed by the employment rules of the Municipality in which the Member is employed. Accordingly, TRT Members shall be deemed to be acting within the scope of their employment by the Municipality in which they are employed while oi~ route to, on route from, and while acting as a part of the TRT, including when working outside the territory of the Municipality for which they are employed, as well as during all training conducted as a part of the TRT, if and to the same extent as provided by the employment policies of the TRT Member's Municipality of employment. D. A list of TRT members shall be generated amiually in accordance with Section A above and attached hereto as Exhibit C, and uicorpoxated herein as "TRT Member List." SECTION 6. Equipment and Supplies A. The HHTRT shall, through its annual budget, include sufficient funds and pay for the operation and maintenance costs of the equipment described in Section 1 of this Agreement. Any such equipment or the chassis for such equipment described in Section 1 herein that was contributed by a member Municipality shall continue to be owned by, and titled to, the original Municipality owner. The original Municipality owner shall maintain insurance coverage for the equipment and any licensn~g required. Said Municipality shall ensure that all HHTRT member Municipalities are individually named as additional insured patties with respect to the insurance coverage for their equipment. The costs of such insurance and licensing shall be paid for by the Hli'TRT. B. The HHTRT may purchase replacement or additional equipment, and may purchase needed supplies, which shall be titled in the name of the Fiscal Agent, and kept by the Fiscal Agent or other member Municipality as determined by the Board, The Fiscal Agent shall maintain insurance coverage for such equipment and any licensing required. The Fiscal Agertt shall ensure that all HHTRT member Municipalities are individually named as additional insured patties with respect to the insurance coverage for their equipment. The costs of such insurance and licensing shall be paid for by the HHTRT. SECTION 7. Liability A. No member Municipality or any of its employees, officers or agents shall be liable in damages to another member Municipality or to any community with whom the HHTRT has a reciprocal agreement or in which the HHTRT provides emergency services, to any of such Municipality's or community's employees, officers or agents, or to any person or entity to whom service is being provided, for failure to answer any call for services, or for lack of speed in answering such call, or for failure or inadequacy of equipment, or for the negligence, misfeasance, or nonfeasance of its employees, or for any other cause whatsoever related to the rendering of said services. B. No member Municipality that requests or requires HHTRT services shall be liable in any manner or event for damage to or loss of equipment, or injury to or death of personnel, which may be suffered by a Municipality and/or its persomnel while responding or providing service to the Municipality requiring services. C. Each member Municipality shall assume the cost of. damage to or loss of its apparatus, and injury to or death of its personnel that may occur while in another Municipality's or community's territory while responding to a call or providing services pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or during training. 3of10