(A) Level 1, basic response.
(1) Cost: Billed at $503, plus $62 per hour per rescue person.
(2) Details: Claim will include engine response, first-responder assignment, perimeter establishment, evacuations, first-responder setup and command, scene safety and investigation (including possible patient contact and hazard control). This is the most common “billing level.” This occurs almost every time the Fire Department responds to a water incident.
(B) Level 2, intermediate response.
(1) Cost: Billed at $1,006, plus $62 per hour per rescue person.
(2) Details: Includes Level 1 services as well as cleanup and material used (sorbents), minor hazardous cleanup and disposal. This level is billed at if the Fire Department has to clean up small amounts of gasoline or other fluids which are spilled as a result of the incident.
(C) Level 3, advanced response.
(1) Cost: Billed at $2,489, plus $62 per hour per rescue person, plus $126 per hour per hazmat team member.
(2) Details: Includes Levels 1 and 2 services as well as DART activation, donning breathing apparatus and detection equipment, as well as the setup and removal of a decon center, detection equipment, the recovery and identification of materials and disposal and environment cleanup. Includes the above in addition to any disposal rates of materials and contaminated equipment and materials used at the scene.
(D) Level 4, itemized response. This level is the option to bill each incident as an independent event with custom mitigation rates for each incident using itemized rates deemed usual, customary and reasonable (UCR). These incidents will be billed and itemized per trained rescue person, plus rescue products used.
(Prior Code, § 13-222) (Ord. 2022-05, passed 4-14-2022)