Memorandum of Agreement - City of Indianapolis Fire Department - Indiana Task Force One

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I. CONSTRUCTION 1.01 With respect to National Urban Search & Rescue Response System activities of the Participating Agency and its employees under this Agreement, the provisions of Interim Final Rule, "National Urban Search and Rescue Response System," 70 Fed. Reg. 9182 (Feb. 24, 2005) 44 CFR Part 208 (hereinafter referred to as "Interim Final Rule"), hereby are incorporated and made applicable. 1.02 To the extent it may be applicable, the Interim Final Rule will prevail and govern this Agreement; and upon the effective date of a final rule that supplants the Interim Final Rule governing this subject (hereinafter referred to as "Final Rule"), the Final Rule shall supersede the Interim Final Rule and shall prevail over any contrary provisions in the governance of this Agreement. 1.03 This Agreement is entered into by and between the parties, who agree that subject to all of the provisions of this Agreement, the City of South Bend, Indiana, will serve as Participating Agency for the Task Force. Each party further agrees that it assumes all of the duties and responsibilities assigned to that party under this Agreement, and that so long as this Agreement remains in effect, the party will fully perform all of those duties and responsibilities. II, TERM AND TERMINATION 2.01 This Agreement shall be effective when it has been duly and regularly authorized and executed by both parties. For purposes of reference and convenience, the parties have agreed that the effective date of the Agreement is December 1, 2017. 2.02 The Agreement shall continue in effect unless and until it is terminated as provided in this Agreement. 2.03 The Agreement may be terminated by either party upon thirty (30) days written notice, except that the Participating Agency may not terminate this Agreement without the written consent of the CITY during any time interval when the Task Force has been placed on alert status or has been activated, if the alert or activation affects participants of the Participating Agency. III. CONDITIONS OF AGENCY PARTICIPATION 3.01 The Participating Agency hereby agrees to commit at least one (1) individual employee of the Participating Agency (hereinafter referred to as "Committed Personnel") to serve in designated positions on the Task Force as determined by the CITY and Task Force. 3.02 The Participating Agency further agrees that the Committed Personnel shall be able to deploy within one (1) hour after notification, on a twenty-four (24) hour per day and three hundred and sixty-five (365) days per year basis. 3.03 The Parties agree that on an ongoing basis the Task Force shall provide any and all required training of the Committed Personnel to satisfy such conditions of preparedness and response as may be required by the Task Force. The Participating Agency shall not be required to mandate the Committed Personnel to participate in the training. 3.04 Upon execution of this Agreement, the Participating Agency shall provide the CITY and Task Force with a written list of the names, addresses, and appropriate contact information of the Committed Personnel; thereafter, the Participating Agency shall also provide the CITY and Task Revised OCC 10-2016 2