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� NA-01966-06 05-22-2015 7. Submit an invoice to the DNR within 30 days of an incident for which the fire department is requesting reimbursement. Invoices beyond 30 days may not be honored if the fire was not reported timely to the DNR. 8. Stay with all wildland fires until out, or released by a DNR incident commander, or until called to another incident within the Fire Department's protection area, provided the wildland fire is considered safely contained. 9. Be committed to protection of lives and buildings as its first consideration. 10. Through the Fire Department officers, determine its capabilities and assume final decision authority on commitment of its vehicles and personnel into any area of operation that is requested by DNR personnel. 11. Furnish all tools, equipment, supplies, fuels, and lubricants, except for those items furnished by the DNR, as stated in this Agreement. 12. Assist the DNR with distribution of fire prevention materials and wildland fire prevention presentations. 13. Bill the DNR for wildland fire runs at the agreed upon rate per run. When additional resources are requested by DNR Forestry, beyond the first 2 hours (the "run') hourly rates for specific requested equipment, as described in the attached Rate Schedule, will apply. Invoices must be submitted within thirty (30) days of the fire(s). IV. THE DNR SHALL: 1. Respond with specialized equipment for wildfire response, when possible, at the request of the Fire Chief or designate. This equipment includes, but is not limited to dozers, all terrain tracked vehicles, engines and aircraft. 2. Investigate violations of the burning laws of the State. (M.S. 88.01 to 88.22 and 88.75) This includes billing the responsible party for all wildland fire suppression costs of the DNR, and the Fire Department if the DNR pays the Fire Department for responding to the fire. 3. Assist the Fire Department in obtaining Federal Excess Property, specialized equipment, or grants for improving their firefighting capabilities. 4. Assist the Fire Department with procuring and distributing fire prevention materials. 5. Provide wildland fire suppression training to the Fire Department as workload permits. 6. Reimburse the Fire Department for wildland fire runs, according to the terms of this agreement. 7. Make reasonable effort to release the Fire Department as soon as possible to ensure that the Fire Department is available for other emergency response calls. V. REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES: 1. Lower rates may be negotiated for extended use at the Fire Department's discretion. 2. When the Fire Department is dispatched through its normal dispatch procedures, and not specifically requested by the DNR, the Fire Department shall only bill for a Wildland fire run. (A Wildland Fire Run is described as the fire department's response to a wildland fire that takes up to two (2) hours to suppress.) 3. For hourly billing of equipment requested by DNR Forestry, after the wildland fire run (first 2 hours), time will be rounded to the nearest half hour. Billable time should begin when the Fire Department leaves its station and continue until it returns to its station. Time spent refurbishing and readying equipment for the next call shall not be included as billable time. 4. The fire chief and local DNR forester may discuss charges that are in question prior to submitting a final invoice for payment. 5. If the Fire Department is released by the DNR before the Fire Department has taken any suppression Fire Department Cooperative Agreement