(a) (1) The Fire Department shall provide the highest level of life and property safety through the extension of Fire Prevention, Fire Control, Emergency Medical and Public Education Services.
(2) In addition to the foregoing duties, the Fire Department shall furnish emergency ambulance service in all cases of illness, injury and other bodily harm. Such emergency medical service will be provided at the Advanced Life Support level and each ambulance shall be staffed with a minimum of one Basic EMT-A and one Paramedic.
(b) Each person receiving emergency medical service from the City shall be charged a fee for each response as follows:
(1) BLS emergency transport one way $550.00
(2) ALS 1 emergency transport one way $650.00
(3) ALS 2 emergency transport one way $750.00
(4) ALS/BLS per mile transport one way $12.00
(c) Billing and collection of said fees shall be conducted by a professional service selected by the Administration. Said professional billing agency shall have the power to accept insurance assignments. Council shall determine by a policy attached to Ordinance No. 24-16, passed and made a part hereof those accounts uncollectible by law or hardship and such accounts shall be reviewed by the Finance Director and forwarded to the designated collection agency within 30 days.
(d) The Finance Director shall establish a fund, to be entitled the Safety Forces Vehicle Fund, into which the first two hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($225,000) annually collected pursuant to this section will be deposited.
(Ord. 08-01. Passed 9-24-01; Ord. 53-01. Passed 10-8-01; Ord. 03-02. Passed 1-14-02; Ord. 02-03. Passed 1-13-03; Ord. 47-07. Passed 11-26-07; Ord. 09-15. Passed 7-13-15; Ord. 24-16. Passed 11-14- 16.)