Ordinance 2308-98 - Laserfiche WebLink

1. Response time exemptions. The City will consider that "unusual circumstances" beyond the ambulance company's reasonable control can induce response times that exceed the aforementioned standards. These "unusual circumstances" include only unusually severe weather conditions, disasters, or unusual periods of very high demand upon the system due to mass-casualty situations or where the ambulance minimum requirements within the City are already unavailable because of referrals from the City's Fire Department. For determination of compliance the decision of the Fire Chief will be final. C. Each ambulance shall be equipped to meet the minimum requirements prescribed by the Secretary and Medical Director and shall also include the following: 1. Sirens and emergency vehicle lamps which conform with the rules and regulations issued under Chapter 46 RCW, which shall be used only in conformity with said regulations and applicable municipal ordinances; 2. A two-way radio communication system capable of providing communication between the vehicles and hospital emergency rooms, public ambulance company units, public dispatching agency and the licensee's headquarters. The licensee's dispatch headquarters shall be staffed on a twenty-four (24) hour basis, with a telephone dispatcher and a radio dispatcher qualified to process any and all calls. The telephone operator and the radio operator may be the same person; and 3. Medical equipment as prescribed by the Medical Director. D. Each ambulance and its equipment shall be maintained in a sanitary manner and in good operating condition. SECTION 6: Standards for Ambulance License - Liability Insurance. A. The License Director shall not approve any license for ambulance service nor shall any ambulance be operated in the City unless, there is at all times in force an insurance policy which insures the owner of such ambulance, and his/her employees and agents against all claims for personal injury, death and property damage arising out of or in connection with the performance of activities associated with the operation of the ambulance company. Such policies of insurance shall be endorsed to name the City as an additional insured. The ambulance company shall also indemnify, defend and hold the City harmless from any causes of action arising from the operation of the ambulance company. The minimum scope and limits of coverage shall be set by the License Director as recommended by the City Attorney. jmc/ems/cntrcts/ambince 5