License holders shall maintain in good operating condition, or ready for use, all of the following equipment which shall be modern and capable of rendering a satisfactory ambulance service:
(A) All motor vehicles used for the purpose of providing ambulance service hereunder shall be designed and constructed to transport ill, sick, or injured persons in comfort and safety, and shall be maintained in clean, sanitary, and in first-class mechanical condition at all times.
(B) All motor vehicles used for the purpose of providing ambulance service hereunder shall have as standard equipment:
(1) Parking brake;
(2) Front and rear bumper;
(3) Heater and defroster sufficient to heat interior of ambulances in cold weather;
(4) Air conditioner capable of cooling interior of ambulances in hot weather;
(5) Right- and left-side rear view mirrors and one in driver's compartment;
(6) A speedometer, exposed to view, and maintained in accurate operating condition;
(7) Power steering;
(8) Windshield wiper and washer;
(9) Tires with a minimum of 4/32-inch tread;
(10) Tires shall have a six-ply or equivalent rating as a minimum;
(11) Factory recommended shock absorbers; and
(12) Adequate two-way radio equipment.
(C) The body of the ambulance shall have rear loading facilities with the patient compartment separated from the driver's compartment by a suitable partition with provision for communication between the driver and attendant; and there shall be at least two exists from the compartment where the patient is carried.
(D) Every ambulance used as an emergency vehicle shall have a hood- mounted rotating beacon of an approved design that is visible from the front of the vehicle for a distance of 500 feet.
(E) Each ambulance shall be equipped with, in usable and workable condition at all times:
(1) One ambulance cot and a collapsible stretcher, or two stretchers, one of which is collapsible, with adequate straps to secure the patient safely to the stretcher or ambulance cot, and adequate means of securing the stretcher or ambulance cot within the vehicle;
(2) Adequate wrist and ankle restraints;
(3) Adequate sanitary sheets, pillow cases, blankets, and towels for each stretcher or ambulance cot, and two pillows for each ambulance;
(4) Two oxygen "E" tanks or of greater capacity of which one tank must be full at all times and an approved oxygen unit incorporating aspiration, resuscitation, and inhalation features, consisting of a range of sizes of face type;
(5) Hinged halfspring splints (for fractures of the thigh) with web strap for ankle hitch;
(6) Two or more padded boards three inches wide and three feet in length, and two or more similar padded boards 4-1/2-feet in length of material comparable with four-inch plywood (for coaptation splinting of fracture of leg or thigh);
(7) Two or more padded 15-inch by three-inch beaverboards (for fractures of forearm);
(8) Two sandbags about four inches in width, two inches in thickness, and 12 inches in length;
(9) Bag type resuscitation equipment, such as "Ambu Bags";
(10) Air splints for fractures of the extremities;
(11) Two each surgi-lift sheets; and
(12) Emesis basin.
(F) Each ambulance shall carry an attendant's bag which shall include large made dressings, sterile gauze pads, three- and six-inch gauze or muslin bandages, three- and six-inch cotton elastic bandages, adhesive tape (cylinder cut one inch, two inch, three inch), tourniquets, tongue blades, three taped together and padded for mouth gag; bandage shears, triangular bandages or slings; safety pins (large size); oropharyngealairways; mouth to mouth, two-way resuscitation airways, adult and children's sizes.
(G) All mechanical, safety, and special equipment, shall be subject to inspection at any time by authorized officials.
(H) No ambulance that has been substantially damaged or altered shall be again placed in service until it has been reinspected.
(I) All ambulances shall be subject to the same status ordinances, and rules and regulations relating to safety and operating equipment applicable to other motor vehicles in the city.
(J) The City-County Health Unit shall be responsible for certifying the sanitation of vehicles and shall inspect and certify that the vehicles are equipped in accordance with this section.
(Ord. 281, passed 4-18-67) Penalty, see § 110.99