2018-36 Amending City Code Chapter 53 Ambulance Service

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received by the ambulance service from the dispatching agency, no less than ninety(90) percent of the time all calls received during each calendar month. (c) Any ambulance service licensed to operate within the City of Decatur shall provide to the Decatur Fire Chief or designee, a written monthly eport of response time performance. (d) At the reasonable request of the Fire Chief, an audit of response times provided by an ambulance service may be conducted. The cost of the audit will be charged to the ambulance service. 17. CHANGE IN OPERATIONS. Any change of vehicles, location or substantial change in operating procedures, from that contained in the application for the license currently in effect and supporting data,shall be promptly reported in writing to Licensing in the City of Decatur Finance Department and the Decatur Fire Chief. Personnel and changes in personnel shall be provided annually in the license application or renewal process. 18. COOPERATION. All ambulance services licensed by the City and the personnel thereof shall cooperate with one another and with the other public safety and emergency services of and operating within the City, both generally and specifically at the scene of an emergency. 19. MANNER OF DISPATCH AND CALLS FOR SERVICE. In the event there is more than one licensed ambulance service in the City of Decatur, the City's Fire Department shall determine the manner of dispatch utilizing a method to dispatch the closest ambulance to the call for service location.No ambulance service licensed by the City, or the personnel thereof, shall respond to a call for service directed to another such ambulance service unless requested so to do by the ambulance service originally called.