Platinum Nine Holdings LLC dba NW Ambulance 7/19/2016

The Contractor shall take actions necessary to minimize the risk of disease or injury to all employees, and provide a safety and risk program that instructs all employees in safety practices and prepares them to avoid risks. The Contractor shall establish a safety committee that is representative of all departments of the Contractor's local operation, with the exception of strictly administrative ones, that meets on a regular basis to review and make recommendations regarding the Contractor's operations as it applies to issues of risk and safety. The EFD shall be invited to participate in all safety committee meetings. 7.4 Work Schedules/Working Conditions The Contractor shall utilize reasonable work schedules and shift assignments that provide adequate working conditions. The primary concern is patient care, and the Contractor shall utilize management principles that ensure that field personnel working extended shifts, part-time jobs, voluntary overtime, or mandatory overtime, are not exhausted to an extent that may impair judgment or motor skills. Because of the wide variety of management practices utilized throughout the industry, no specific requirements or restrictions regarding work schedules and working conditions shall apply. The City reserves the right to view schedules prior to implementation and to review them at any time. If events warrant such action, the City may require revision of the established work schedule to address rest periods for extended shifts and standards limiting the use of back-to-back shifts and mandatory overtime, as deemed necessary to protect patients from the possibility of error caused by exhaustion of field personnel. 7.5 Compensation and Fringe Benefits The Contractor shall provide its employees with compensation and fringe benefits to promote a professional and motivated work force. The combined compensation and fringe benefit program for field personnel, on-site management, and EMS dispatch personnel should provide a financial benefit to those personnel that is, at least, substantially equivalent to the average rate of compensation for similar private sector field personnel in similar sized and cost-of-living areas of the United States. These specific wage or salary packages should be structured so that the overall combination of wages, benefits, shift schedules, working conditions, and factors related to job satisfaction will work to reduce employee turnover. Other employee incentives such as retirement savings programs are encouraged. 7.6 New Employee Recruitment, Screening, and Orientation Program The Contractor shall operate an aggressive, stringent, and comprehensive program of initial and ongoing personnel recruitment, screening, and orientation designed to attract, select, and thoroughly orient, prior to field or EMS dispatch placement, individuals who are among the industry's most qualified candidates for EMS employment. 11 of 34