2018-36 Amending City Code Chapter 53 Ambulance Service

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(a) Each licensed ambulance service shall comply with all emergency dispatch procedures established by the City's Fire Department and an�dispatching agency for the Fire Department. (b) If for any reason a licensed ambulance service is not able to comply with the operational requirements set forth in this article it shall immediately report that status to the Fire Department in accordance with the Decatur Fire Chief's emergency dispatch procedures. (c) An ambulance service shall not respond to any requests for emergency assistance unless it is in compliance with the operational requirements set forth in this article and it's specifically authorized to respond by the Decatur Fire Chief or the designee as provided for in the Decatur Fire Chief s emergencypatch procedures. (d) Personnel affiliated with a licensed ambulance service or hospital who wish to respond to an emergency scene in an emergency vehicle other than an ambulance must: (1) Identify their response to the Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center; (2) Be in compliance with all City, State, or Federal laws and regulations in regard to emergency response; (3) Be in compliance with the current Emergency Medical Dispatch System; and shall not respond to Alpha, Bravo, or Omega calls with the use of lights and sirens, (4) Have insurance namingthe he City as an additional insured. (e) An ambulance service licensed to operate within the Decatur City limits shall have in place and utilize the current system used for Emergency Medical Dispatch(EMD). 20. MONITORING POLICE OR FIRE CALLS. Responses originated by monitoring Emergency Communications Center radio communications in the absence of specific radio or telephone request from the concerned Department directed specifically to the responding ambulance service is prohibited. (Amended, Ordinance No. 98-06; Ordinance No. 90-35)