(A) Purpose. To develop a standard dress code for all personnel working for the county’s Emergency Medical Services.
(B) Policy.
(1) Personal appearance is important when contacting members of the public under patient care situations and for safety factors dealing with unruly patients. The following guidelines will be mandatory for County EMS personnel.
(a) Hair cuts. All personnel shall keep their hair neat and well groomed at all times. No male personnel shall allow his hair to touch or come over his shirt collar. No female personnel shall allow her hair below the shoulder.
(b) Sideburns. Male personnel may have sideburns as long as they do not grow below the lobe of the ear and are no more than two inches in width at the bottom edge of the sideburn.
(c) Mustaches. Male personnel may grow mustaches so long as they do not come below the corners of the mouth and do not extend over or cover the top lip. All mustaches will be neat and well groomed and there will be no handlebar mustaches.
(d) Beard and goatee. No personnel will be allowed to wear a beard or goatee while on duty with this service.
(2) All new personnel will be issued three uniforms, consisting of jacket, shirt, pants, belt, and shoes. There will be at least one uniform issued each year thereafter.
(3) The following items will be provided as part of the uniform and worn as described in the following.
(a) Collar brass and certified pins. Personnel will wear the collar brass assigned to them by EMS. All collar brass will be worn in the center of the shirt collar and one inch from the top of the shirt collar. Certified pins are to be worn on the right shirt pocket. Only BTLS and ACLS pins are permitted.
(b) Name plates. Personnel will wear the name plate issued to them by EMS. Name plates will be worn over the right shirt pocket, just above the pocket stitches.
(c) Badge. Personnel will wear the badge issued to them by EMS. This badge will be worn over the left pocket in the center line of the shirt button.
(d) Patches. Personnel will wear two patches on their uniforms.
1. The state’s Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) patch will be worn on the right shoulder and will be sewn or placed one inch below the shoulder seam.
2. The county’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) patch will be worn on the left shoulder and will be sewn one inch below the shoulder seam.
3. Additional patches will be approved and provided by the state’s Office of EMS.
(e) EMS caps. Caps may be worn whenever jumpsuits are worn.
(4) All uniforms will be clean and pressed.
(5) The following items will be provided by each employee and will meet the described specifications.
(a) Jumpsuits. Personnel jumpsuits shall be light blue in color and all must be the same. Jumpsuits shall be worn between 9:00 p.m. and 6:50 a.m.
(b) Socks. Personnel will furnish their own socks. Socks worn while on duty will be dark blue or white.
(Res. passed 1-3-1989)