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0 • <br />IV. <br />LA PORTE may suspend service and may refuse to accept any arrestee from CITY, in its <br />sole discretion. <br />D_ FIRE PROTF.C'.TION <br />I. <br />LA PORTE agrees to provide fire protection for real and personal property situated within <br />CITY, for the term of this agreement, upon the terms and conditions herein contained. <br />H. <br />Sole discretion will rest with the LA PORTE Fire Chief, or his duly authorized assistants, as <br />to the fire fighters and equipment that will answer each fire alarm, provided that protection will be <br />adequate (meaning reasonable protection, considering available fire fighters and equipment of LA <br />PORTE'S Fire Department) and sending of fire fighters and equipment to protect property within <br />CITY will be subordinate to requests for, and rendering of, fire protection within LA PORTE. <br />III. <br />CITY agrees to pay LA PORTE for fire protection services, the amounts, and in the manner, <br />hereinabove specified. <br />I. <br />As part of the consideration expressed herein, LA PORTE agrees to furnish ambulances and <br />the personnel to man those ambulances, said ambulance service being available on a constant basis. <br />LA PORTE shall regularly maintain said ambulance units, keep them in good working condition at <br />all times, normal wear excepted. <br />II. <br />LA PORTE shall transport patients to one of the nearest hospitals providing emergency <br />services that is defined by the transport policy of the City of La Porte Emergency Medical <br />Services. In the event the patient is incapacitated, the ambulance attendant shall designate <br />transportation of patient to the nearest hospital. <br />III. <br />LA PORTE shall be permitted to charge patients the following base charge, to -wit: <br />Ambulance Service: <br />(a) LA PORTE shall be entitled to charge fees for its services rendered. <br />(b) Method of dividing cost among patients if more than one is carried in the same <br />ambulance simultaneously to one hospital: <br />One and one-half (1 1 /2) times the regular rate, divided by the number of <br />patients transported; each patient to pay equal amount. <br />LA PORTE shall never deny emergency service because of a person's <br />inability to pay. <br />3 <br />