(a) The fire department shall provide ambulance and rescue service in cases of emergency requiring the prehospital care and transportation of persons who are sick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or helpless at the time of the dispatch of a fire department vehicle.
(b) The response area shall be limited to the territory within the corporate limits of the village. Service outside corporate limits shall be limited to:
(1) Circumstances governed by contract or mutual aid agreements; and
(2) Extreme lifesaving necessity.
(c) Except when personnel or equipment is needed for continued lifesaving support, the fire chief shall ensure that neither personnel nor equipment is unduly delayed:
(1) In its dispatch to or departure from the scene;
(2) In transportation to and/or from the hospital; or
(3) Within a hospital.
(d) The fire department shall transport persons only to one of the following hospitals:
Christ hospital, Oak Lawn, Illinois;
Little Company of Mary hospital, Evergreen Park, Illinois;
Palos community hospital, Palos Heights, Illinois;
Community memorial general hospital, LaGrange, Illinois;
Loyola hospital, Maywood, Illinois;
provided, however, that in exceptional circumstances, the fire chief may authorize the transportation of persons to other hospitals that have specialist physicians or special equipment and facilities not available at the above mentioned hospitals.
(Code 1972, § 5-1-16; Ord. 80-11, 7-17-1980; Ord. 88-27, § 1, 9-26-1988; Ord. 2001-31, § 1, 9-10-2001)
1 210 ILCS 50/1 et seq.