Ordinance 2792-04 - Laserfiche WebLink

equipment and administrative support shall meet the requirements for annual budget appropriations. New Section 24. The Fire Department EMS Transportation. The Fire Department shall provide ALS patient transport within the City and for those jurisdictions where the City has assumed contractual responsibility. The Fire Department shall also provide BLS patient transport within those areas: 1) if private ambulance service is unavailable or 2) if, in the opinion of the Fire Department, it is determined to be appropriate for patient care to be transported by the Fire Department vehicle notwithstanding the availability of private ambulance service. In all other patient transports, the Fire Department may, at its discretion, elect to request Private Ambulance Companies or other neighboring fire departments to provide patient transportation. New Section 25. Operation and Funding. The following procedures are established for users of the City's Fire Department ALS and BLS patient transport service: A. Charges to be Made. All persons who are transported by Fire Department emergency paramedic/aid unit shall be charged for all services rendered by the Fire Department. Each person transported will be billed for all services provided. EMS members and nonmembers, as defined in subsection B., shall be billed at the same rate. B. EMS Membership Benefits. By reason of property tax levies under RCW 84.52.069 for EMS, which are levied against property within the corporate limits of the City or are levied against property within the corporate limits of a jurisdiction for which the City has assumed contractual EMS responsibility, each resident of the City and those of contractual jurisdictions, by signing (by recipient or authorized representative) a City approved EMS Membership form containing an assignment of benefits to the City, together with an appropriate release of medical information, shall become an EMS member and be entitled to membership benefits as herein provided. An 4