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3. The personnel, equipment and resources of the assisting Party shall remain under operational control of the requesting Party for the area in which they are serving. Direct supervision and control of said personnel, equipment and resources shall remain with the designated supervisory personnel of the assisting Party. Representatives of the requesting Party shall provide on -scene assignments to the supervisory personnel of the assisting Party. 4. The emergency services officers and personnel of the emergency services departments of all Parties to this Agreement are invited and encouraged, on a reciprocal basis, to frequently visit each other's activities for guided familiarization tours consistent with local security requirements and, as feasible, to jointly conduct pre -fire planning inspections and drills. 5. The technical heads of the emergency service departments of the Parties to this Agreement are authorized and may meet and draft any detailed plans and procedures of operation necessary to effectively implement this Agreement. Such plans and procedures of operations shall become effective upon ratification by the signatory Parties. 6. None of the Parties hereto shall be indebted to the other Parties for services rendered. 7. To the extent permitted by law, and without waiving sovereign immunity, each Party to this Agreement shall be responsible for any and all claims, demands, suits, actions, damages, and causes of action related to or arising out of or in any way connected with its own actions, and the actions of its personnel, in providing mutual aid assistance rendered or performed pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 8. Each Party shall be solely responsible for determining that its insurance is current and adequate prior to providing assistance under this Agreement. 9. Both the requesting Party and the assisting Party shall be responsible for payment of any amount paid or due as benefits to its own respective employees under the terms of the Florida Workers' Compensation Act due to employees at injury or death occurring while such employees are engaged in rendering aid under this Agreement. 10. The terms of this Agreement shall extend indefinitely; provided, however, that any Party hereto may terminate its participation under this Agreement at any time, and for whatever reason, by serving upon the other Parties hereto a ninety (90) day prior written notice to that effect. 11. In the event that any Party to this Agreement has entered into other mutual aid agreements, the Parties agree that this Agreement does not supersede or replace the Statewide Mutual Agreement for Catastrophic Disaster Response and Recovery. K 16