The following words, terms, and phrases, when used in this subchapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
COSTS OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. The actual costs incurred by the city, and by any other governmental or intergovernmental entity providing services at the request or direction of the
City's Fire or Police Department, as the result of an emergency response, except as may be limited by a policy adopted by the governing body. Such costs shall include, without limitation:
(1) All labor costs (including wages, salaries, fringe benefits, and reimbursable expenses) of all personnel responding to the incident and all personnel engaged in the investigation, supervision and report preparation relating to the incident;
(2) All costs for materials, supplies, and equipment utilized or damaged in connection with an emergency incident and emergency response;
(3) All costs for the repair or replacement of publicly-owned property (real and personal property), buildings, facilities and infrastructure (such as utilities, roads, sidewalks, safety paths and other infrastructure and public improvements) damaged or destroyed in connection with or as a direct or indirect result of an emergency incident and emergency response;
(4) Investigation of an emergency incident and fire fighting, emergency services, cleaning up, boarding-up, inspecting, testing, abating, mitigating, restoring and crowd control at the site of an emergency response;
(5) All costs for labor and services for which the city had to contract in connection with or as a direct or indirect result of an emergency incident and emergency response; and
(6) Any other expenses incurred by the city, and by any other governmental or intergovernmental entity providing services at the request or direction of the City's Fire or Police Department, in connection with or as a direct or indirect result of an emergency incident and emergency response.
EMERGENCY INCIDENT. A fire, accident, utility emergency, hazardous material incident, arson, technical rescue, or other emergency situation.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE. The dispatch, provision, response, and/or utilization of police, fire, emergency medical, rescue services and/or other emergency services by the city, or by any other governmental or intergovernmental entity providing any such services at the request or direction of the City's Fire or Police Department, to an emergency incident or any call for assistance from any person, property owner, government agency, emergency service provider, or other entity.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES INCIDENT. An incident involving any chemical, substance, compound, mixture, or other material defined as, designated as, listed as, or having the same characteristics as any substance, compound, mixture or material listed as hazardous under the fire code adopted under Chapter 34 of this code, any other code adopted or enforced by the city, or any federal or state law or regulation.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, consortium, governmental entity, public utility company, or any other legal entity.
UTILITY EMERGENCY. Downed power lines, pipeline breaks, or other mishaps occurring in connection with the activities of public utilities or their suppliers which necessitates an emergency response or monitoring by the city's police, fire fighting and/or emergency medical/rescue services, or causes damage to public property.
(Ord. 2011-1, passed 2-8-2011)