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FIRE/EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE (EMS) DEPARTMENT
(A) Pursuant to the requirements of KRS 83A.080, the Office of the Fire/EMS Chief is hereby created.
(B) The Fire/EMS Department shall be supervised by a Fire/EMS Chief appointed by the Board of Commissioners. The Fire/EMS Chief shall be responsible for enforcing all ordinances relating to fire prevention, fire suppression, emergency medical services and shall perform other duties assigned by the City Manager, ordinance and statute.
(A) The City adopts a policy and procedure manual and rules and regulations for the Fire/EMS Department, which governs the rules, and regulations for the conduct, management and operation of the Fire/EMS Department of the City and the management and conduct of the affairs of the Department. A copy of the manual is on file with the City Clerk and is incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.
(B) The Fire/EMS Chief shall have the authority to amend and supplement the rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Commissioners provided, however, that any changes or additions shall be reviewed and approved by the Board of Commissioners on an annual basis.
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The minimum qualifications for Fire/EMS Chief shall be:
(1) A bachelor’s degree in fire science, public administration or business administration or graduation from the National Fire Academy Executive Officers Program, or a minimum of 10 years in Fire/EMS service, with 6 years professional management experience in Fire/EMS administration, which includes a minimum of 3 years supervisory experience, or any combination of training and experience which provides the desired knowledge, skills and abilities. Such qualifications may be subsequently modified by changes in the Personnel Policy which shall control; and
(2) The candidates for the position appear before the Board of Commissioners and the City Manager for an oral interview for qualification.
(B) The Board of Commissioners in making an appointment shall choose the applicant who, in its judgment, seems to be the best fitted for the appointment.
(1995 Code, § 2.80.460) (Ord. O-98-18, passed 9-28-1998; Am. Ord. O-2013-003, passed 6-17- 2013; Am. Ord. O-2021-018, passed 10-18-2021)
Each member of the Fire/EMS Department shall be compulsorily retired on the last day of the calendar month within which he or she reaches and attains his or her sixtieth birthday; however:
(A) Any member may, no later than 90 calendar days prior to his or her sixtieth birthday, make written application to the City Manager for permission to remain as a member of the Department beyond his or her sixtieth birthday.
(B) (1) If, upon investigation, it is found that a member making application under division (A) above is physically able to perform the duties assigned him or her by a duly qualified, licensed physician, approved by the City Manager, but paid for by the member making application, his or her application or request shall be submitted to the City Manager and, if approved, then the member shall continue as a member of the Department for an additional 1-year period.
(2) During the period, he or she shall be physically able to perform the duties assigned to him or her.
(3) The physician shall provide to the City Manager a detailed report of the applicant’s physical condition and his or her physical ability to perform his or her duties in the Department.
(4) At a minimum, the physician shall test the applicant’s heart, vision, hearing, kidneys, nose, mouth and throat, hands and feet to determine if there are any abnormalities in the applicant’s physical condition that would adversely affect his or her ability to perform his or her duties in the Department.
(5) The 1-year period shall commence the first day of the month following the month in which his or her sixtieth birthday occurs.
(6) Similar requests may be made from year to year provided written application is made not later than 90 calendar days prior to the expiration of any request granted. However, no more than five 1-year extensions shall be granted for any member, so that the absolute mandatory retirement age for any member shall be age 65.
(C) Each written application or request shall be acted upon, and the member notified, in writing, of the action or decision of the City Manager not later than 60 calendar days after filing of the application or request, but any failure to notify the member within 60 calendar days shall not be deemed as a waiver or forfeiture of the discretionary power of the City to refuse to allow the member to continue as a member of the Department, but same shall be deemed a denial and refusal of the application or request.
(D) Nothing contained in this section shall preclude any member able to perform his or her assigned duties from becoming vested in the public employee pension system.
(1995 Code, § 2.80.470) (Ord. O-98-18, passed 9-28-1998; Am. Ord. O-2000-13, passed 10-16- 2000; Am. Ord. O-2016-006, passed 6-13-2016)
(A) In order to facilitate the prompt dispatch of emergency ambulance services when needed to protect life and health, and to further promote the health, safety and welfare of its citizens, the City Fire/EMS Department is hereby designated as the advanced life support/emergency ambulance provider of all emergency and 911 calls within the City.
(B) Except for local governments that have entered into mutual aid agreements with the City to provide emergency ambulance services, every other ambulance service provider that has been appropriately authorized by the Commonwealth of Kentucky to provide such services and which has obtained the requisite occupational license from the City, shall enter into a mutual aid agreement with the City to provide non-emergency service requests only, including non-emergency advanced life support services, if so qualified.
(C) Except for local governments that have entered into mutual aid agreements with the City to provide emergency ambulance services, no other ambulance service shall be given access to the Campbell County Consolidated Dispatch Center’s E-911 system for call for services within the City.
(Ord. O-2021-013, passed 8-16-2021)