(a) Any private call requesting service for a life threatening emergency or a call requiring ALS level care where ALS care is timely, appropriate and available shall be immediately referred to the 9-1-1 emergency operators.
(b) If a BLS ambulance responds to a patient who appears to have a medical emergency, the crew shall call 9-1-1 and request a 9-1-1 response, and render appropriate care within their scope of practice until the ALS ambulance is on-scene.
(c) The permittee or their employees shall report any response to a non-emergency request for ambulance service that is responded to by a unit not permitted, staffed or equipped at the appropriate service level to the county EMS agency on an unusual occurrence form within ten (10) days of the incident. (§ 1, Ord. 1515, eff. December 19, 2019)