[Adopted 4-1-2003 by Ord. No. 1878]
The municipality hereby cooperates with all
other municipalities which adopt a similar reciprocal ordinance providing
for intermunicipal emergency medical services assistance in times
of emergency.
[Amended 2-9-2006 by Ord. No. 1953]
The intermunicipal assistance will be provided
if and when the Town of Kearny and the Townships of Nutley, Belleville
and Lyndhurst have an emergency within their boundaries requiring
additional emergency medical services assistance to protect the health,
safety and welfare of the residents and whenever another municipality,
which enacted a similar reciprocal ordinance, may experience a similar
emergency requiring emergency medical services assistance.
A.
The Mayor, as the appropriate authority, or, in his/her
absence, the Director of Emergency Medical Services is hereby authorized
to request assistance from the Director or highest ranking officer
on duty of the emergency medical services of other municipalities
on duty for intermunicipal EMS assistance during and/or after an emergency
situation.
B.
The Director of EMS of the Borough of North Arlington
or the highest ranking officer on duty at the time shall provide assistance
to another municipality making a valid request to supply such personnel
and equipment to the extent possible without endangering persons within
the Borough of North Arlington.
C.
Members of the Borough of North Arlington EMS Department
supplying emergency assistance to other municipalities shall have
the same powers and authority as have the members of the EMS Department
of the municipality in which said assistance is being rendered. Additionally,
said members shall also have, while so acting, said rights and immunities
as they may otherwise enjoy in the performance of their normal duties
within the Borough of North Arlington.
D.
The Borough of North Arlington shall, upon providing
assistance to another municipality which has enacted a similar intermunicipal
assistance ordinance, assume the cost and expense of providing said
personnel and equipment to the requesting municipality, excepting
such instances when the requesting municipality receives state or
federal aid as reimbursement or if private concerns are involved and
the requesting municipality receives reimbursement. Therefore, in
this event, the costs incurred by the Borough of North Arlington shall
be submitted to the municipality which requested assistance for reimbursement.
E.
At such time that an emergency may occur and intermunicipal
EMS aid is requested, the Director of EMS of the municipality wherein
said emergency situation exists shall be the senior ranking officer
of all members of any EMS Department rendering assistance within the
boundaries of said municipality.
F.
In the event any member of EMS summoned pursuant to
an agreement to render assistance suffers injury or death in the performance
of duties, the member or the member's designees or legal representative
shall be entitled to such salary, pension rights, worker's compensation
or other benefits as would have accrued if such injury or death had
occurred in the performance of the member's normal duties.
A copy of this article shall be transmitted
to the Municipal Clerk of each municipality named herein, no longer
than five business days following its adoption. The Clerk of the Borough
of North Arlington shall maintain a record of all such similar ordinances
adopted by other municipalities, with copies forwarded to the EMS
Director for posting in the operations center.
