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• -2- II. • EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS Contractor covenants and agrees to furnish ambulance service in compliance with the following requirements: (1) Contractor shall have and maintain at least two (2) ambu- lances and crews available twenty-four (24) hours daily for emergency dispatch, in conformity with the standards set forth in Paragraph III hereof. Contractor reserves the right to arrange for back-up units when both of the two (2) ambulances are in service, and the further right to activate mutual assistance agreements with other governmental enti- ties in the event of calamity or disaster conditions. Nothing set forth herein is meant to diminish the ability of Contractor to arrange for back-up units when both of the two ambulances are in service, or diminish the right of Contractor to activate mutual assistance agreements ,, with other governmental entities in the event of calamity or disaster conditions. (2) Equipment and crews shall be located at a point or points within the City of La Porte to be selected by Contractor. It is the intention of the parties that same shall be so located that an ambulance can reach any area within the limits of WGMA within a reasonable period from the time of dispatch, and it is within the contemplation of the parties that ten (10) minutes is deemed to be a reasonable period of time. III. STANDARDS REQUIRED FOR AMBULANCES AND ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT Contractor covenants and agrees to furnish at his own expense ambulances and accessory equipment which comply with the following standards: (1) A total of not less than two (2) ambulances shall be fur- nished by the Contractor twenty-four (24) hours a day, within the limits of the City of La Porte. Provided, that said two (2) ambulance requirements shall not apply, when either or both of said units are engaged in providing emergency ambulance service to a point or points as contemplated within the contract area, said contract area specified in paragraph XIII. One of said units may be on call at a backup location within the City of La Porte upon dispatch of the initial unit required to be maintained within the City of La Porte. Each vehicle must have a patient capacity of not less than two (2) patients.