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e e -4- II. Sole discretion will rest with the LA PORTE Fire Chief, or his duly authorized assistants, as to the fire fighters and equipment that will answer each fire alarm, provided that protection will be adequate (meaning reasonable protection, considering available fire fighters and equipment of LA PORTE'S Fire Department) and sending of fire fighters and equipment to protect property within CITY will be subordinate to requests for, and rendering of, fire protection within LA PORTE. m. CITY agrees to pay LA PORTE for fire protection services, the amounts, and in the manner, hereinabove specified. E. EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE I. As part of the consideration expressed herein, LA PORTE agrees to furnish ambulances and the personnel to man those ambulances, said ambulance service being available on a constant basis. LA PORTE shall regularly maintain said ambulance units, keep them in good working condition at all times, normal wear excepted. II. LA PORTE shall transport patients to the nearest hospital providing emergency service, that will take the patient, unless the patient's safety or unless the patient specifically dictates otherwise. In the event the patient is incapacitated, the ambulance attendant shall designate transportation of patient to the nearest hospital. m. LA PORTE shall be permitted to charge patients the following base charge, to-wit: (1) Ambulance Service and Invalid Coach Service: (a) LA PORTE shall be entitled to charge fees for its services rendered. (b) Method of dividing cost among patients if more than one is carried in the same ambulance simultaneously to one hospital: One and one-half (1 1/2) times the regular rate, divided by the number of patients transported; each patient to pay equal amount. LA PORTE shall never deny emergency service because of a person's