NON-EMPLOYEE VOLUNTARY
PARTICIPATION IN
MEDICAL & FIRE RESPONSE
&
ASSUMPTION OF
RISK,
______________________________, [Insert Correct
Rural/Metro Legal Entity] (hereinafter referred to as “Rural/Metro”)
provides medical and/or fire emergency response services and all activities
related thereto (hereinafter referred to as “Response Services”). I, ______________________________,
[Print Name of Participant] living at
_________________________________________________ [Insert Full Address]
desire to participate in, observe and/or otherwise take part in Response
Services. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY
PARTICIPATION IN THE RESPONSE SERVICES IS STRICTLY AS AN OBSERVER AND I FURTHER
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I WILL NEITHER BE PERMITTED TO NOR WILL I RENDER ANY PATIENT
CARE.
In
consideration of Rural/Metro’s consent to allow me to participate in its
inherently dangerous and risky activity of Response Services, I hereby knowingly, freely and
voluntarily agree as
follows:
I represent to Rural/Metro
that I am legally competent and
age eighteen or
older and my driver’s license number is _________________, for the State of
______________ which states my birth date as _______________. I acknowledge that I am not an employee
or agent of Rural/Metro.
I understand that each situation that
Rural/Metro responds to is based on incomplete and limited information provided
often under extreme and emergency conditions and which may or may not be
ultimately accurate. Moreover, I
understand that each situation will contain unforeseen and unknown hazards,
dangers and risks to me and to Rural/Metro.
Rural/Metro’s Response Services is based upon whatever
current information is available, at the time of the Response Services are
provided so I expressly understand and agree that Rural/Metro makes no
representation or warranty expressed or implied, written or oral regarding
Response Services to me. _____ INITIALS
Given the very nature of Response Services, my
participation in Response Services is inherently dangerous and risky. I acknowledge that participating
in Response Services may result in, but is not limited to bodily injury, death,
emotional trauma, burns, extreme noise, extreme lights and/or exposure to
hazards like airborne or bloodborne pathogens, bacteria or other harmful
transmission to me. Exposure to an
airborne or bloodborne pathogen may result in the transmission of AIDS,
hepatitis, TB or other infectious diseases. _______ INITIALS
I voluntarily and freely, with full understanding that I
may be exposing myself to extreme danger, assume all risks in connection
with the Response Services that I choose to participate in. I acknowledge the
dangers and risks to which I may subject myself by participating in Response
Services. Such risks include,
without limitation, death, injury, disease, burns, emotional trauma, illness,
disability, extreme noise, extreme lights and other damage to my person and/or
property. ______ INITIALS
I
understand that if I have an infectious disease, or a medical condition which
could be triggered by participating in Response Services or if I am not
physically capable and mobile to enable me to move without assistance that I
would endanger the public and/or myself so that I represent that I do not have
any of the above conditions.
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I AGREE TO FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS, PROCEDURES, MEASURES
AND DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY RURAL/METRO AND UNDERSTAND MY FAILURE TO DO SO MAY
RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE OR INJURY OR DEATH TO ME OR TO A THIRD PARTY. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY PARTICIPATION IN
RESPONSE SERVICES MAY BE TERMINATED AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON BY
RURAL/METRO. ______
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I understand that I am completely responsible for all
insurance coverage which I may wish to purchase to cover my participation in the
Response Services.
I waive, release, discharge and indemnify Rural/Metro, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, and its and their respective officers, directors, stockholders, employees, agents, representatives, insurers, successors and assigns, of and from any claim, demand, right or cause of action, of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether based on tort, contract, warranty, or other theory of recovery, at law or in equity, vested or contingent, that I or my spouse, family, parents, children, estate, heirs, agents, insurers, successors or assigns may at any time have as a result of the Response Services for Rural/Metro. _____ INITIALS
I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAIVER, RELEASE AND INDEMNITY IS
INTENDED TO WAIVE, RELEASE, DISCHARGE AND INDEMNIFY IN ADVANCE
RURAL/METRO, ITS
PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES, AND ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, STOCKHOLDERS, EMPLOYEES, INSURERS, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES,
SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, FOR, FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITY TO ME
ARISING FROM THE RESPONSE SERVICES RURAL/METRO IS INVOLVED IN. THIS INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
LIABILITY (INCLUDING CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES)
ARISING FROM INJURY OR DAMAGE THAT I SUFFER OR CAUSE DURING THE RESPONSE
SERVICES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DEATH, INJURY, EMOTIONAL TRAUMA, BURNS,
ILLNESS, DISABILITY, EXTREME LIGHTS, EXTREME NOISE OR OTHER DAMAGE TO MY PERSON
AND/OR PROPERTY OR THIRD PARTY, AND ALL RISKS CONNECTED THERETO, WHETHER
FORESEEN OR UNFORESEEN, RESULTING FROM NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE.
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I
agree that this Waiver and Release is intended to be as broad and inclusive as
permitted by the laws of the State of ______________. If any provision of this Waiver and
Release shall be ineffective or invalid, such provision shall be ineffective or
invalid only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this
Waiver and Release, which shall remain in full force and effect. _______INITIALS
So long as I participate in Response Services, in the event any representation or obligation of mine in this Agreement is no longer accurate, or true, I agree to inform Rural/Metro immediately in writing of such occurrence. I realize that Rural/Metro is relying upon my representations and agreements made in this Agreement and that my failure to adhere to this Agreement could seriously injure someone, cause their death or damage property. ______ INITIALS
I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THE WAIVER, RELEASE AND INDEMNITY
BEFORE SIGNING IT, AND FULLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ITS
TERMS.
By:
_____________________________
Name:
___________________________
Date: ____________________________