(a) There is hereby created an emergency ambulance service system within the Fire Department.
(1) The Fire Chief or his or her designee will determine under the particular circumstance of each case whether or not emergency ambulance service shall be provided outside the corporate limits of the City.
(2) The individual provided with emergency ambulance service shall be transported to Robinson Memorial Hospital or any Summit County hospital as requested by the individual. An alternate facility may be determined by the Fire Chief or his or her designee due to unusual circumstances.
(b) Each ambulance shall be equipped with the minimal equipment as stated by the American College of Surgeons, or as may be required or prescribed pursuant to procedures adopted that are consistent with Chapter 4765 of the Ohio Revised Code, or as prescribed by protocols currently established by the Robinson Memorial Hospital Emergency Medical Services Pre-Hospital Patient Care Protocol and Procedures.
(c) (1) The Fire Chief shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, a log book or formal record which shall contain the following:
A. Time call was received.
B. Time dispatched.
C. Arrival time at scene.
D. Nature of call.
E. Arrival time at hospital.
F. Name of hospital.
G. Time call completed.
H. Name and address of person transported.
I. Name of driver and attendant.
(2) The Fire Chief shall submit to Council and the City Manager a monthly report of all activity as it pertains to the emergency ambulance service. The first report shall be due March 1, 1976.
(d) The Finance Director shall obtain liability insurance with the insurance company which presently provides coverage for the City, providing:
(1) Coverage for injury to or death of an individual in accidents resulting from any cause for which the driver or attendants of the emergency ambulance would be liable due to liability imposed on him or her by law.
(a) Against damage to the property of another, including personal property, under like circumstances, in such sums and under such terms as may be required by statute.
(Ord. 2004-130. Passed 10-6-04)