(A) The fire department shall provide ambulance and rescue service in cases of emergency requiring the prehospital care and transportation of persons who are sick, injured, wounded, or otherwise incapacitated or helpless at the time of dispatch of a fire department vehicle.
(B) The response area shall be limited to the territory within the corporate limits of the Village. Service outside corporate limits shall be limited to circumstances governed by mutual aid agreement, and extreme lifesaving necessity. (Ord. 703, 11-20-1980)
(C) The Fire Department shall transport persons only to one of the following hospitals:
1. Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois.
2. Palos Community Hospital, Palos Heights, Illinois.
3. Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois.
4. La Grange Community Memorial General Hospital, La Grange, Illinois.
5. MacNeal Memorial Hospital, Berwyn, Illinois.
6. Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale, Illinois.
7. Holy Cross Hospital, Chicago, Illinois.
8. Little Company of Mary Hospital, Evergreen Park, Illinois.
Provided, however, that in exceptional circumstances, the Fire Chief may authorize the transportation of persons to other hospitals that have specialist physicians or special equipment and facilities not available at the above mentioned hospitals. (Ord. 06-1200, 3-16-2006)
(D) 1. A fee will be charged for emergency medical services rendered by the Village of Bedford Park Fire Department or provided with ambulance service by the Village or any municipality which provides emergency medical services to the Village pursuant to a contract or mutual aid agreement with the Village as follows:
Procedure | Resident Cost | Non-Resident Cost |
Procedure | Resident Cost | Non-Resident Cost |
BLS emergency | $1,350.00 | $1,800.00 |
BLS return trip | 300.00 | n/a |
ALS I | 1,350.00 | 1,800.00 |
ALS II | 1,350.00 | 1,800.00 |
BLS loaded mileage | 15.00 per mile | 15.00 per mile |
ALS loaded mileage | 15.00 per mile | 15.00 per mile |
Treatment/no transportation | 200.00 | 250.00 |
Engine assist | 990.00 | 1,325.00 |
(Ord. 17-1553, 12-7-2017)
2. The Fire Chief and/or the Village Board is hereby authorized to waive any or all the fees due from a person, business, or other entity under this subsection (D). Said fee may be waived by administrative regulation and/or on an individual basis.
3. When emergency response services are rendered by the Village of Bedford Park Fire Department for noncommercial passenger vehicle fires of persons, businesses, or other entities who are not residents of the Village, the charge to be assessed will be four hundred seventy five dollars ($475.00).
4. No charge shall be levied against nonresidents of the Village if the total charge of the emergency response service is less than fifty dollars ($50.00).
5. All revenue from the charges assessed pursuant to the emergency response services portions of this subsection (D) shall be deposited in the Corporate Fund of the Village. (Ord. 02-1115, 5-2-2002)