(A) The Mt. Healthy Fire/Rescue Department shall initiate a user fee for the delivery of fire department services, personnel, supplies and equipment to the scene of emergencies. The rate of the user fee shall be that which is the total of costs incurred, which includes any services, personnel, supplies, and equipment, and may fluctuate based on needs of each call for emergency services.
(B) Public Safety Services may include but not be limited to, medical care to individuals, extinguishments of fires, cleaning up spills and debris, extrication of entrapped individuals and other safety or hazardous situations which may occur at the scene of a motor vehicle accident, structure fires and other emergency scenes.
(C) Whenever the Fire/Rescue Department responds to a motor vehicle fire, motor vehicle accident, structure fire, or other emergency service, either within or outside the city, the Fire Chief shall establish the fees to be charged for service based upon services, personnel, supplies, and equipment employed.
(D) The aforesaid fees shall be charged to and billed to:
(1) The insurance carrier or to the responsible party or parties. This is an add-on cost of the claim for damages of the vehicles, property, and/or injuries.
(2) The owner of the motor vehicle for which spills or debris around the vehicle are cleaned up, fires are extinguished, or the site of the accident around the vehicle is secured.
(3) The owner of the property requiring the control or extinguishing of fires and other emergency services as provided by the Fire/Rescue Department personnel.
(4) The person being treated, attended to, or rescued by the Fire/Rescue Department personnel, or the person who may be responsible for such person being treated or rescued.
(E) User fees will be as follows:
Level of Service | User Fees |
Scene safety and investigation | $435.00 |
Scene safety, extinguishments, investigation, clean-up and material used | $495.00 |
Scene safety, extrication, investigation, clean-up and material used | $1,800.00 |
(Ord. 04-1445, passed 4-20-04)