Ordinance 295-74 - Laserfiche WebLink

Section 4 : Required Ambulance/Emergency First Aid Equipment A. Each person licensed as an ambulance service shall maintain at least two fully equipped manned and operable ambulances at all times which must be stationed within the City of Everett. B. Each ambulance and/or emergency first aid vehicle shall be equipped with the following: 1 . Sirens and emergency vehicle lamps , which shall conform with the rules and regulations issued under RCW 46 . 37 . 194 , which shall be used only in con- formity with RCW 46 . 61 . 035 , and applicable local munici- pal ordinances . 2 . A two-way radio communication system capable of providing communication between the vehicles and hospital emergency rooms and the licensees headquarters . The licensee ' s dispatch headquarters shall be staffed on a twenty-four (24) hour basis , with a telephone dispatch- er and a radio dispatcher qualified to process any and all calls . The telephone operator and the radio opera- tor may be the same person. 3 . Medical equipment including but not limited to, an equipment inventory equal to that published by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons in their most recent Bulletin entitled, Essential Equip- ment for Ambulances, three copies of which shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk and one copy on file with the license officer. The list of equipment re- quired may be changed or added to from time to time by resolution of the City Council. 4 . Each ambulance and/or emergency first aid vehicle and its equipment shall be maintained in a sanitary manner and in good operating condition as de- termined by the vehicle inspection procedures set forth in RCW 46 . 32 . Section 5 : Standards for Ambulance Operator ' s License - Liability Insurance A. No Ambulance Operator' s License shall be issued under this ordinance nor shall such license be valid after issuance, nor shall any ambulance be operated in the City of Everett, unless there is at all times in force an insurance policy, in amounts recommended by the Advisory Committee as sufficient and established by resolution of the City Council which insures the own- er of such ambulance , and his agents (including Ambulance Attendants and Conditional Ambulance Attendants) , against all claims for personal injury, death and property dam- age arising out of the operation of said ambulance and the care of patients , and that said insurance policy be issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the State of Washington. B. Said insurance policies shall be submitted to the License Officer or his designee for approval prior to the issuance of each Ambulance Operator' s License. Satisfactory evidence that such insurance is at all times in force shall be furnished to the License Offi- cer, in such form as he may specify, by all licensees required to provide such insurance under the provisions of this Ordinance .