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Life Support. The City Manager will determine the total number of ambulances required to operate <br /> in the city of Decatur. <br /> 16. RESPONSE TIME PERFORMANCE. Each ambulance service licensed to operate <br /> within the City of Decatur shall meet specific response criteria. Response times shall be calculated <br /> from the hour, minute, and second the call is given by the dispatching agency to the ambulance <br /> service, to the hour, minute, and second the ambulance service's ALS transport unit arrives on <br /> scene. Each incident will be counted as a single response regardless of the number of units that <br /> respond. <br /> (a) The ALS ambulance must arrive at the scene of all calls categorized as class B, C, D, <br /> or E as defined by the emergency medical dispatch system within eight(8)minutes of the time the <br /> call was received by the ambulance service from the dispatch agency, no less than ninety (90) <br /> percent of the time for all calls received during the calendar month. <br /> (b) All non-code responses to calls categorized as class A or O as defined by the emergency <br /> medical dispatch system shall arrive on scene within twelve (12) minutes of the time the call was <br /> received by the ambulance service from the dispatching agency, no less than ninety (90) percent <br /> of the time all calls received during each calendar month. <br /> (c) Any ambulance service licensed to operate within the City of Decatur shall provide to <br /> the Decatur Fire Chief or designee, a written month! quarterly report of response time <br /> performance. <br /> (d) At the reasonable request of the Fire Chief, an audit of response times provided by an <br /> ambulance service may be conducted. The cost of the audit will be charged to the ambulance <br /> service. <br />