The Platoon Commander shall be responsible for
patrol assignments on a rotating basis. Headquarters Captains shall
keep accurate records of personnel and shall maintain supervision
over the patrol. In addition, the Captains shall be responsible for
the logging of communications in the house watch book and for checking
and forwarding all reports submitted by the patrol.
[Added 6-1-1992 by Ord. No. 6-92]
A. The Fire Department may provide emergency ambulance
service for members of the general public, which shall be subject
to the priority of demands of Fire Department personnel. There will
be no service outside a fifteen-mile radius unless emergency in nature
and subject to the priority of demands of the Fire Department personnel.
B. Fees.
[Amended 11-20-1995 by Ord. No. 25-95; 3-15-1999 by Ord. No.
7-99]
(1) A fee of $350 shall be charged to all persons receiving
emergency ambulance service within and outside the City's limits.
In addition thereto, there shall be a charge of $5 per mile for any
out-of-City service.
[Amended 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 13-2004]
(2) A fee of $20 shall be charged to all persons to whom
basic defibrillator procedures are administered in the course of such
emergency ambulance services.
(3) A fee of $35 shall be charged to all persons to whom
oxygen is administered in the course of such emergency ambulance services.
C. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the payment of the
fee by any person receiving such emergency ambulance services from
the Fire Department shall be waived, provided that such person certifies
that:
(1) He or she had no medical insurance coverage in effect
on the date of such emergency ambulance services; and
(2) His or her total annual household income, as hereinafter
defined, for the last full calendar year did not exceed an amount
three times the Bergen County per capita personal income level as
last reported by the Department of Labor and Industry. For the purposes
of this subsection, "total annual household income" shall be defined
as the total income from all sources during the last full calendar
year for all members of the household who reside with the person receiving
the emergency ambulance services, whether or not such income is subject
to taxation by any taxing authority.