§ 35.22 TRESPASSING AT SCENE OF FIRE.

   The Mayor, City Council members, City Manager or the Fire Chief may, and the Chief of Police and all police officers shall, during the progress of any fire, arrest any person found stealing or trespassing upon any property, willfully injuring or breaking any engine or other fire apparatus, or any person found stealing or trespassing upon any property, or willfully injuring or breaking any engine or other fire apparatus, or any person resisting or obstructing any member of the Fire Department in the discharge of his or her duty, or otherwise conducting himself or herself in a riotous or disorderly manner.

(‘71 Code, § 6-1-5) (Am. Ord. 4220, passed 12-9-24)

EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE

§ 35.35 PROVISION OF SERVICE; AREA OF JURISDICTION.

   The city, through its Fire Department, shall provide emergency ambulance service within the corporate limits of the City of Kewanee, by contract to the Kewanee Community Fire Protection District and the Neponset Fire Protection District, and within any area specially designated by the City Council, and within any area designated for such service by an intergovernmental service or mutual aid agreement; however, the Fire Chief may respond to requests for aid outside of said service area in cases of major disaster.

(‘71 Code, § 3-7-9) (Am. Ord. 4220, passed 12-9-24)

Cross-reference:

   Ambulance Service Department, see §§ 32.070 through 32.074

§ 35.36 PERMISSIBLE POINTS OF TRANSPORTATION.

   (A)   Unless directed to do so by the doctor in charge, on duty, or their authorized designee, at the Resource Hospital under no circumstances will the ambulance rescue vehicle and the personnel of the Fire Department transport a person to any place other than OSF Saint Luke's Medical Center of Kewanee.

   (B)   Under no circumstances will the Fire Department personnel take orders regarding transport of a person from anyone other than the doctor in charge, on duty, or their authorized designee, at the Resource Hospital.

   (C)   The only choices available to a person provided with transportation in the emergency rescue vehicle are transportation as directed by the doctor in charge or on duty, or their authorized designee, at the Resource Hospital, to the nearest appropriate hospital or refusal to be transported.

   (D)   Fire Department personnel shall not make the decision not to transport a person on the basis of instructions from a relative or a person with power of attorney.

   (E)   When directed to do so by the doctor in charge, on duty, or their authorized designee at the Resource Hospital, transportation of a person to a place other than OSF Saint Luke's Medical Center of Kewanee, shall be made by the ambulance and personnel on-duty.

   (F)   Persons who refuse transport to the OSF Saint Luke's Medical Center of Kewanee should be advised that transport to another hospital will create a delay in definitive care until the destination hospital is reached.

   (G)   If ambulance personnel operating an ambulance for out-of-town transport determine that the person is not capable of withstanding the transport to the out-of-town site, ambulance personnel will refuse to transport the person unless said personnel receive authorization from a doctor in charge or on duty with the Resource Hospital.

(‘71 Code, § 3-7-10) (Ord. 2262, passed 2-22-82; Am. Ord. 2743, passed 10-9-90; Am. Ord. 3650, passed 7-12-10; Am. Ord. 4220, passed 12-9-24)