Ordinance 781-81 - Laserfiche WebLink

• • 1 1. The 911 telephone access system. 2 2. Immediate notification of all requests for emergency 3 medical aid received by the ambulance company to the Fire Department. 4 3. The ambulance company shall not respond unless notified 5 that additional units are required. 6 Section 2: Section 13 of Ordinance No. 570-78 which reads as follows: 7 Section 13: Emergency Medical Response. 8 The Fire Department of the City of Everett should respond to requests for 9 medical aid within the City, and provide such service to persons within the City as required; provided, however, requests for ambulance service 10 shall be relayed to the ambulance company, the Fire Department shall not respond unless further information indicates need of other emergency 11 service. 12 A. To accomplish the intent of this section, the Mayor shall annually prepare a budget for emergency medical aid response. 13 B. The Mayor shall develop a plan that may include recommendation 14 of the Emergency Services Advisory Committee, to provide for an • emergency medical aid response program by: 15 1. Planning and budgeting for two Emergency Aid Cars (EAC) 16 to be strategically located within the City and to be equipped as required by this ordinance. 17 2. Planning and budgeting so that each in-service pumper 18 within the City is equipped as an emergency aid vehicle, in addition to necessary fire suppression equipment, as 19 required by this ordinance and as recommended by the Emergency Services Advisory Committee. 20 3. Developing a response pattern within the City which maxi- 21 mizes the use of the two Emergency Aid Cars and minimizes initial response time in a coordinated manner using the EAC 22 vehicles and the fire pumpers. 23 4. The EAC vehicles and the fire pumpers shall be utilized to provide emergency medical care at the scene of injury or 24 illness, and may provide transportation of the sick and injured as outlined in Section 13(B)(5). 25 5. The EAC may transport sick and injured when: 26 a. In the judgment of the officer in charge, he deter- 27 mines transport must be immediate in a life support situation and the ambulance is unavailable within a 28 reasonable time. 29 is hereby amended to read as follows: 30 31 Section 13: Emergency Medical Response. 32 The Fire Department of the City of Everett should respond to requests for medical aid within the City, and provide such service to persons within ,. the City as required.