(A) Fees.
(1) Fees for ambulance services and prehospital care provided by the Fire Department shall be charged the following fees:
Services
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Resident Fees
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Nonresident Fees
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Services
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Resident Fees
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Nonresident Fees
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Ambulance service (basic life support services) | $900 | $1,400 |
Ambulance service (advanced life support services) | $1,450 | $1,950 |
Mileage charge (if treatment rendered and transported, mileage will be calculated on portal to portal basis) | $15 per mile | $15 per mile |
Airway/intubation | $150 | $150 |
Bandaging | $50 | $50 |
Burn care | $100 | $100 |
Communicable disease protection | $75 | $75 |
CPR | $100 | $100 |
Decontamination | $500 | $500 |
External pacing | $175 | $175 |
Extrication | $150 | $150 |
Head immobilization | $100 | $100 |
Hot/cold administration | $50 | $50 |
Irrigation | $50 | $50 |
KED | $75 | $75 |
Nitronox | $150 | $150 |
Obstetrical delivery | $1,500 | $1,500 |
Oxygen | $100 | $100 |
Pulse oximetry | $100 | $100 |
Response | $275 | $275 |
Restraints | $150 | $150 |
Spinal immobilization | $125 | $125 |
Splinting | $75 | $75 |
Stair chair | $75 | $75 |
Suction | $75 | $75 |
Traction splint | $75 | $75 |
(2) Extraordinary expenses shall be in accordance with the provisions of § 91.08 (Reimbursement of Extraordinary Expenses), Chapter 91 (Fire Prevention), Title IX (General Regulations) of this Code.
(B) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES (ALS). An advanced level of prehospital and interhospital emergency care and nonemergency medical services that includes basic life support care, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, electrocardiography, intravenous therapy, administration of medications, drugs and solutions, use of adjunctive medical devices, trauma care, or the infusion of appropriate medications.
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES. A basic level of prehospital and interhospital emergency care and nonemergency medical services that includes airway management, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), control of shock and bleeding and splinting of fractures.
EXTRICATION. When one or more members of the Fire Department are required to use hydraulic, gas powered, electric powered, air powered or other specialized rescue equipment to remove a person from a vehicle or other structure.
MILEAGE CHARGE. A charge per mile from the patient pick-up location to the hospital facility where patient is transported.
NONRESIDENT. Any individual who does not reside or maintain his or her domicile within the corporate limits of the Village.
RESIDENT. Any individual who resides or maintains his or her domicile within the corporate limits of the Village.
(C) Persons who are provided with assistance by a Village engine company in response to car fires and automobile accidents shall be charged a $250 per engine base fee for such service, plus $35 per crew member per hour or any part thereof.
(D) The individual who has received ambulance or emergency fire and rescue service of an ambulance, engine, truck, or squad will be billed by the Village. The bill that is sent to persons who are being charged for ambulance service and prehospital care shall state that, if the person has insurance coverage for the ambulance service and/or prehospital care for which they are being charged or is covered by Medicaid or Medicare, then that person should submit a claim for the cost of ambulance service and/or prehospital care received to the appropriate insurance company, Medicaid, or Medicare. The Village reserves the right to terminate the billing cycle.
(E) The Village Manager reserves the right to waive the fees and/or related service charges, or any portion thereof, based on economic hardship reasons.
(Ord. CO-04-10, passed 3-1-2004; Am. Ord. CO-08-45, passed 11-18-2008; Am. Ord. CO-2013-34, passed 4-30-2013; Am. Ord. CO-2022-04, passed 1-18-2022)