1. The township authorizes the Fire Department to recover the reasonable cost of emergency rescue tools, equipment and materials; hazardous material abatement tools, equipment and materials; and personnel hours involving any hazardous material, environmental, fire safety and/or rescue incident or operation, including vehicular accidents.
2. The reasonable costs outlined above may be recovered directly by the Fire Department or through a third-party billing service as an authorized agent for the collection of such costs.
3. The Fire Department or third-party billing service shall only have the authority to recover the aforementioned costs from the applicable insurance company/carrier, and no payment of any kind shall be sought from an individual or entity other than an insurance carrier/company, except in cases of an intentional false alarm or a fire which was intentionally set and for which insurance coverage is not available.
4. The reimbursement rates for the aforementioned tools, equipment materials and personnel hours shall be set by the Fire Department from time to time and shall be only applied to the recovery of costs arising out of the incidents that occurred subsequent to the setting of the rates. These rates shall be kept on file in the Township Building.
5. In addition to the aforementioned reasonable costs, the Fire Department or third-party billing service shall be authorized to collect reasonable interest, as well as a reasonable administrative fee for collecting the same, and any and all additional fees as may be authorized by the Hazardous Material and Emergency Planning and Response Act (35 P.S. §§ 602.101 et seq.) or authorized by any other statute or law.
(Ord. 2014-07-01, passed 7-14-2014)