(A) The City of Bardstown’s Fire Department shall establish fees for the delivery of Fire Department services, personnel, supplies and equipment to the scene. The rate of the user fees shall be that which is the usual, customary and reasonable costs, which includes any services, personnel supplies and equipment and may fluctuate based on the needs of the incident. The type and extent of service billed for and as listed below shall be defined in the Bardstown Fire Department’s Standard Operating Procedures.
(B) The user fees shall be filed to the insurance companies, representing an add-on-cost of the claim for damages.
(C) The city may make rules or regulations and from time to time may amend, revoke or add rules and regulations not inconsistent with this section as it may deem necessary or expedient in respect to billing for these fees or the collection thereof.
(D) If any part of this section is declared to be unenforceable or unconstitutional for any reason then the same shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this section.
(E) Citizens that reside or own property in Bardstown and Nelson County shall be exempt from any user fees.
FEE SCHEDULE |
FEE SCHEDULE | |
MOTOR VEHICLE INCIDENTS | |
Level 1 | $554 |
Level 2 | $677 |
ADD ON SERVICES: | |
Extrication | $1,461 |
Creating a Landing Zone | $488 |
ADDITIONAL TIME ON SCENE: | |
Engine billed at | $488 per hour |
Truck billed at | $560 per hour |
Miscellaneous equipment billed at | $366 |
HAZMAT | |
Level 1 | $784 |
Level 2 | $2,800 |
Level 3 | $6,608 |
Includes 3 hours of on scene time | |
Each additional hour @ $366 per HAZMAT team | |
ADDITIONAL TIME ON SCENE: (for all levels of service) | |
Engine billed at | $488 per hour |
Truck billed at | $560 per hour |
Miscellaneous equipment billed at | $336 |
FIRE INVESTIGATION - Fire Investigation Team | $308 per hour |
TECHNICAL RESCUES | |
Includes Trench Rescue, Confined Space Rescue, Rope Rescue and Structural Collapse Rescues | |
Itemized Response: Each incident will be billed with custom mitigation rates deemed usual, customary and reasonable (UCR). These incidents will be billed, itemized per apparatus per hour, per trained rescue person per hour, plus rescue products used. | |
Minimum billed $448 for the first response vehicle plus $56 per rescue person. Additional rates of $448 per hour per response vehicle and $56 per hour per rescue person. | |
MISCELLANEOUS/ADDITIONAL TIME ON-SCENE: | |
Engine billed at | $448 per hour |
Truck billed at | $560 per hour |
Miscellaneous equipment billed at | $336 |
(F) User fees shall be paid within 60 days of the invoiced date.
(G) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be fined any sum not exceeding $500.
(Ord. B2014-21, passed 8-21-14; Am. Ord. B2018-14, passed 7-10-18)