(A) An ambulance may respond, after receiving a call from a private citizen, or from the city, state, or county dispatcher, to a call using red lights and siren. If it is a private call, the police dispatcher must be notified of the call and the intent to use the above emergency warning equipment on the city streets by the licensee receiving the call.
(B) After an ambulance has responded to a call and arrived at the point of pickup, it shall be unlawful for the ambulance to proceed to the hospital or other destination with the use of such emergency warning equipment except in the case of dire emergency. All dire emergencies must come under one or more of the following classifications:
(1) Acute respiratory distress, impaired breathing, airway blockage.
(2) Bleeding beyond control.
(3) Poisoning.
(4) Immediate and pending childbirth.
(5) Orders or recommendation of a licensed physician.
(C) Any time an ambulance is used to transport or transports a patient, or patients, with the use of red lights and siren a written report, giving full details of the circumstances, along with the name of the patient, his address, his condition, and the name of the doctor who examined the patient, and the name and license number of the person driving the ambulance must be filed with the Health Officer within 24 hours following the conclusion of the call.
(Ord. 281, passed 4-18-67) Penalty, see § 110.99