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5.f) National Park Service Fire AgreementSTRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING/HAZARDOUS SPILL RESPONSE/EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE Agreement Number G6590120007 Scandia 1 of 7 General Agreement between The United States Department of the Interior National Park Service, St. Croix National Scenic Riverway and the Scandia Fire/Rescue Department, City of Scandia, Minnesota This General Agreement is entered into by and between the National Park Service (hereinafter "NPS"), United States Department of the Interior, acting through the Superintendent of St. Croix National Scenic Riverway (hereinafter "Park"), and the City of Scandia, Minnesota acting through its Fire Chief ARTICLE I — BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The objective of this Agreement is to establish the terms and conditions under which the parties will provide mutual assistance in preventing, detecting, and suppressing structural fires, hazardous spill response, and providing emergency medical services (EMS) operations on lands within the Park's boundaries, within the Scandia Fire District, and in the immediate surrounding area. Currently the NPS is primarily responsible for conducting fire prevention, detection, and providing EMS operations on federally owned land within the Park. The City of Scandia Fire Department is primarily responsible for conducting fire prevention, detection, and suppression of structural fire, hazardous spill response, providing EMS, and for conducting search and rescue operations within the Scandia Fire District, on federally owned land within the park boundary, and in the immediate surrounding area (including non -federally owned land within the Park's boundaries). ARTICLE II - AUTHORITY This Agreement is entered into under the authority of 42 U.S. C. §1856a (1994). GENERAL AGREEMENT STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING/HAZARDOUS SPILL RES MEDICAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE Agreement Number G6590120007 Scandia 2 of 7 ARTICLE III — STATEMENT WORK A. The NPS agrees to: Furnish, when requested by the City of Scandia Fire Department, qualified NPS employees, and fire and EMS equipment to assist in EMS, hazardous spill response, and suppression of wildfires within the Scandia Fire District or in the immediate surrounding area whenever the furnishing of such assistance does not seriously impact the conduct of Park business. Authorized NPS employees will be deemed to be acting within the scope of their federal employment when responding to calls from the fire department. 2. Provide federal worker's compensation coverage for authorized NPS employees who respond to calls with the City of Scandia Fire Department. 3. Provide to the City of Scandia Fire Department an annual familiarization tour of the Park's facilities, equipment, and access points. 4. Provide opportunities for Fire and EMS personnel to receive training held in the local area sponsored by the NPS. B. The City of Scandia agrees to: 1. Furnish available qualified EMS or Fire personnel, fire equipment, and rescue equipment to suppress structural fires on federally owned land within the Park. 2. Provide worker's compensation coverage for qualified members of the City of Scandia's Fire Department who respond to calls from the fire department within the park. Provide to the NPS an annual familiarization tour of the City of Scandia Fire Department's facilities and equipment. 4. Provide opportunities for NPS personnel to receive training held in the local area sponsored by the Fire Department. GENERAL AGREEMENT STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING/HAZARDOUS SPILL RESPONSE/EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE Agreement Number G6590120007 Scandia 3 of 7 C. The parties further agree as follows: Each party will provide to the other parry a list of responsible persons, with telephone numbers, to be contacted in an emergency. At least once a year, or more often if necessary, each party will provide the other party with an updated list of such persons and telephone numbers. 2. Each parry will provide to the other party copies of current fire management plans for their areas of primary responsibility, including maps of areas involved and descriptions of special or extraordinary actions to be taken. After notifying the other party of a fire's discovery, either party may take immediate action to suppress a fire in the other parry's area of primary responsibility in order to save life or property. 4. Each parry to this Agreement waives all claims against the other party for compensation for loss, damage, personal injury, or death occurring in consequence of the performance of this Agreement unless the actions which cause such loss, damage, personal injury, or death are intentional or a result of gross reckless, or wanton behavior. 5. Neither party to this Agreement will reimburse the other party for all or any part of the cost incurred by such parry in providing fire protection pursuant to this Agreement. 6. Nothing in this Agreement will be construed as obligating the NPS to expend in any one fiscal year any sum in excess of the monies appropriated by Congress and allocated by the NPS for the performance of this Agreement. GENERAL AGREEMENT STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING/HAZARDOUS SPILL RESPONSE/EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE Agreement Number G6590120007 Scandia 4 of 7 ARTICLE IV —TERM OF AGREEMENT This Agreement will be effective for a period of five years from the date of final signature, unless it is terminated earlier by one of the parties pursuant to Article X that follows. ARTICLE V — KEY OFFICIALS A. Key officials are essential to ensure maximum coordination and communications between the parties and the work being performed. They are: For the NPS: Superintendent St. Croix National Scenic Riverway 401 N Hamilton St St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 54024 (715) 483-3284 2. For the City of Scandia, Minnesota: Scandia Fire Chief City of Scandia 14727 2090' St N Scandia, Minnesota 55073 (651)433-5112 B. Communications - The City will address any communication regarding this Agreement to the key official with a copy to the Contracting Officer, and to the Superintendent of the area. Communications that relate solely to routine operational matters described in the current work plan may be sent only to the Superintendent. C. Changes in Key Officials - Neither the NPS nor the City may make any permanent change in a key official without written notice to the other party reasonably in advance of the proposed change. The notice will include a justification with sufficient detail to permit evaluation of the impact of such a change on the scope of work specified within this Agreement. Any permanent change in key officials will be made only by modification to this Agreement. GENERAL AGREEMENT STRUCTURAL FI EFIGHTINGMAZARDOUS SPILL RE,; MEDICAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE Agreement Number G6590120007 Seandia 5 of 7 ARTIVLE VI — FUNDING Funds will not be exchanged under this Agreement. In -kind services will be exchanged as set forth in Article III. ARTICLE VII —PRIOR APPROVAL Not applicable. ARTICLE VIII — REPORTS AND/OR OTHER DELIVERABLES Upon request and to the full extent permitted by applicable law, the parties will share with each other final reports of incidents involving both parties. ARTICLE IX — PROPERTY UTILIZATION Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the parties, any property furnished by one party to the other will remain the property of the furnishing party. Any property furnished by the NPS to the City of Scandia during the performance of this Agreement will be used and disposed of as set forth in NPS Property Management Regulations. ARTICLE X — MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION A. This Agreement may be modified only by a written instrument executed by the parties. B. Either party may terminate this Agreement by providing the other party with thirty (30) days advance written notice. In the event that one party provides the other party with notice of its intention to terminate, the parties will meet promptly to discuss the reasons for the notice and to try to resolve their differences. ARTICLE XI — STANDARD CLAUSES A. Civil Rights During the performance of this Agreement, the participants will not discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The participants will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed without regard to theirrace, color, sexual orientation, national origin, disabilities, religion, age, or sex. GENERAL AGREEMENT STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTINGHAZARDOUS SPILL RESPONSE/EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE Agreement Number G6590120007 Scandia 6 of 7 B. Promotions The City of Scandia will not publicize or otherwise circulate promotional materials (such as advertisements, sales brochures, press releases, speeches, still and motion pictures, articles, manuscripts, or other publications) which states or implies Governmental, Departmental, bureau, or Government employee endorsement of a product, service, or position which the City of Scandia represents. No release of information relating to this Agreement may state or imply that the Government approves of the City of Scandia work product or considers the City of Scandia work product to be superior to other products or services. C. Public Information Release All releases of public information will be handled through designated Public Information Officers (PIO) of the NPS or City of Scandia Fire Department. Information released will be approved by the park Superintendent and/or City of Scandia Fire Chief prior to release to the public. All sensitive information will be coordinated between the park Superintendent and Fire Chief, and their respective PIO prior to release. The City of Scandia Fire Department must obtain prior approval from the park Superintendent or his/her designee for any public information release which refers to the Department of the Interior, or to any bureau, park unit, or employee (by name or title), or to this agreement. The specific text, layout, photographs, etc of the proposed release must be submitted with the request for approval. Publications of Results of Studies No parry will unilaterally publish a joint publication without consulting the other party. This restriction does not apply to popular publication of previously published technical matter. Publications pursuant to this Agreement may be produced independently or in collaboration with others; however, in all cases proper credit will be given to the efforts of those parties contributing to the publication. In the event no agreement is reached concerning the manner of publication or interpretation of results, either party may publish data after due notice and submission of the proposed manuscripts to the other. In such instances, the party publishing the data will give due credit to the cooperation but assume full responsibility for any statements on which there is a difference of opinion.