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manning such responding units shall not become employees of the requesting locality for the purposes of the Virginia Workers Compensation Act. is 9. When a responding locality elects to respond to a request for services, the personnel manning such responding units shall remain under the command of the senior officer of the responding locality and shall work as a unified company and shall not be split apart during the emergency operations unless ordered by the senior officer of the responding locality. 10. When a responding locality elects to respond to a request for services and the senior officer of the responding locality determines that the emergency operations are being conducted in an unsafe manner, the responding locality may limit its assistance to a support service or withdraw the services to ensure the safety of its personnel. 11. This Agreement may be modified only by the mutual written consent of both counties. 12. This Agreement maybe terminated at anytime by either locality giving thirty (30) • days written notice of termination to the other locality. 13. The parties agree that where it is anticipated an event may result in the declaration of a state or federal emergency, the requesting party shall endeavor to request mutual aid from the responding locality through the Statewide Mutual Aid Program coordinated by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (the "Program"). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event the requesting locality makes a request for assistance, and receives assistance from the responding locality, through the Program, the relationship between the localities and their respective rights and obligations (including, without limitation, reimbursement of the responding locality by the requesting locality) shall be governed not by this Agreement, but by the policies and procedures of the Program. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Charlottesville's Mayor and Augusta's Chairman of the • Board of Supervisors execute this Agreement, they being authorized to do so.