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to do by the ambulance service originally called. Calls for service requiring an ambulance in the <br /> city of Decatur shall receive responses from companies with a license issued by the city as <br /> provided herein, unless the City fire department or licensed ambulance provider requests outside <br /> assistance. <br /> (a) Each licensed ambulance service shall comply with all emergency dispatch <br /> procedures established by the City's Fire Department and any dispatching agency assisting the <br /> Fire Department. <br /> (b) If for any reason a licensed ambulance service is not able to comply with the <br /> operational requirements set forth in this article it shall immediately report that status to the Fire <br /> Department in accordance with the Decatur Fire Chief's emergency dispatch procedures. <br /> (c) An ambulance service shall not respond to any requests for emergency assistance <br /> unless it is in compliance with the operational requirements set forth in this article and it's <br /> specifically authorized to respond by the Decatur Fire Chief or the designee as provided for in <br /> the Decatur Fire Chief's emergency dispatch procedures. <br /> (d) Personnel affiliated with a licensed ambulance service or hospital who wish to <br /> respond to an emergency scene in an emergency vehicle other than an ambulance must: <br /> (1) Identify their response to the Central Illinois Regional Dispatch Center; <br /> (2) Be in compliance with all City, State, or Federal laws and regulations in <br /> regard to emergency response; <br /> (3) Be in compliance with the current Emergency Medical Dispatch System; and <br /> shall not respond to Alpha, Bravo, or Omega calls with the use of lights and sirens; <br /> (4) Have insurance naming the City as an additional insured. <br /> (e) An ambulance service licensed to operate within the Decatur City limits shall have in <br /> place and utilize the current system used for Emergency Medical Dispatch(EMD). <br /> Section 7. That the City Clerk be, and is hereby authorized and directed to cause the <br /> provisions hereof to be appropriately set out in the City Code and to cause the same to be <br /> published in pamphlet form according to law. <br /> PRESENTED, PASSED,APPROVED AND RECORDED this 3 "day of April 2023. <br /> L]z kwa-2�UV V/j <br /> JU MOORE OLFE, M O <br /> ATTEST: <br /> CI CLERK <br /> PUBLISHED t 's LkW day of.Dlou 2023. <br /> CITY CLERK <br />