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TREASURE COAST FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE MUTUAL AID FOR FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICES THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made this 17th day of October, 2023, by and among City of Stuart Fire Rescue; Florida Forest Service; Indian River County Emergency Services District; Indian River Shores Public Safety; Indian River State College; Martin County Fire Rescue; Okeechobee County Fire Rescue; and St. Lucie County Fire District (hereinafter referred to as "Party" or "Parties"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the respective Parties hereto each has certain emergency services equipment and personnel; and WHEREAS, Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, provides that local governmental units may cooperate by agreement to provide necessary and essential public services; and WHEREAS, each of the Parties hereto recognizes the possibility that, in emergencies, said emergency services equipment and personnel, as is individually maintained by each of the Parties, may not be adequate to afford full and complete protection to and in the area of operation of each Party, the inhabitants thereof, and their respective properties; and WHEREAS, it is mutually desired by the Parties hereto that in the event of such emergencies, the firefighting equipment, rescue equipment and personnel of each of them should be made available to the other. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants herein expressed, the respective Parties hereto agree as follows: 1. In the event any party hereto requires additional firefighting, rescue, or emergency assistance and protection, above and beyond that which said Party can furnish in its own behalf from its own resources, and as determined by the Chief or other officer in charge of said Party, then and in the event upon the call of said Chief or other officer in charge to the Chief or other officer in charge of the Party hereto, said other Party shall respond by sending emergency services personnel and equipment for assistance in emergencies. 2. The nature and extent of assistance furnished by any Party to the other shall be determined on the basis of the prevailing needs for emergency services in the area of the said assisting Party. The rendering of assistance under the terms of this Agreement shall not be mandatory, but the assisting Party receiving the request for assistance should immediately inform the requesting Party if, for any reason, assistance cannot be rendered. 15