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The designated dispatch agency shall be notified of the following: (a) Receipt and response to call. (b) Arrival at scene. (c) Transport to City or other destination. (d) Arrival at City or other destination. (e) In service, ready for next call. (f) Back in quarters. The dispatch agency shall be notified immediately of any reason the ALS ambulance is out of service and unavailable for response pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 1.1.6 Backup Ambulance Service. Backup ambulance service shall be available on a 24-hours per day, 7-days per week basis when both Med 13 and Med 14 are responding to a call. This may be provided by Med 15 and/or through mutual-aid agreements with other ALS Ambulance providers within Skagit County, together with additional coverage pursuant to call back arrangement with ambulance crew members. The minimum staffing of the backup ambulance shall be one(1) ALS person(EMT-Paramedic) and one (1) Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). Copies of mutual-aid agreements made and entered into to satisfy this backup ambulance service requirement shall be promptly filed with the Council. 1.1.7 Personnel and Training. City shall employ, during the term of this agreement and any renewal thereof, an adequate number of ALS personnel (EMT-Paramedic) and EMT's so as to be able to provide the services required hereunder. Each Paramedic Ambulance shall be staffed with a minimum of one Paramedic and one Emergency Medical Technician as required by Washington Administrative Code Chapter 246-976. EMS certified personnel shall be acceptable to the Skagit County EMS Medical Program Director or his delegate. All ALS and EMT personnel shall be certified to the standards of the Department of Health of the State of Washington and any and all other laws applicable to such personnel, as the same are now in effect or as may hereafter be amended; and also be under the direct Medical Control and supervision of the Skagit County EMS Medical Program Director or his designee. The City shall use its best efforts to secure qualified personnel to staff the Ambulances as contemplated herein. However, City shall not be liable for breach of this agreement if sufficient qualified staff fail to apply for positions, due to additional requirements of the Skagit County EMS Medical Program Director or his delegate, required for City to meet its obligations under this Agreement. In the event City is unable to procure sufficient qualified personnel to staff the Ambulances in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.1.7 it will notify the EMS Council within seven(7) days of reaching this conclusion and will meet upon request to negotiate regarding the effect such circumstance shall have on this Agreement. 3