[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Township of Pennsauken 12-29-1997 by Ord. No. 97-41; amended in its entirety 2-18-2021 by Ord. No. 2021:03. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
The Pennsauken Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services Division in and for the Township of Pennsauken is established.
The Pennsauken Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services Division will provide efficient, professional and expedient emergency care to anyone with the Township, regardless of their residency, as well as transportation to area hospitals in any emergency situation.
The Pennsauken Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services Division, will be staffed by one Captain, and one Staff Supervisor and additional full-time certified emergency medical technicians and part-time certified emergency medical technicians, all of which will be appointed by the local appointing authority in accordance with New Jersey Civil Service Commission rules and regulations.
A. 
The Captain managing emergency medical services will be responsible for the overall operation of the service and to provide for the health, safety, welfare and general well-being of all the people the service may be called upon to provide services to. The Captain will be the operational head of the division and shall supervise the conduct and efficiency of the staff, both full- and part-time, within the division; with the Fire Chief will be the administrative head of the division. The Fire Chief shall have the power to assign any and all staff members of the division to their respective duties and require them to perform the same within the limits of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission and municipal budget restraints. The Fire Chief and Captain's assignment of personnel under his or her command shall, in his or her judgement, be for the best interest of the division and for the safety and welfare of the people the division is called upon to serve.
B. 
The Captain is reportable to the Fire Chief and, through the Administrator, to the Director of Public Safety, and the Township Committee. The Chief will take his or her direction through the above chain of command and implement the policy and procedures established by the Township Committee.
A. 
The full-time and part-time EMT staff will work under the direction of the Fire Chief, Captain and Supervisor, and will perform the duties assigned to them by the Fire Chief.
B. 
Full-time and part-time EMS staff will be governed by rules regulations of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission as well as policies, procedures of the Township of Pennsauken and the Pennsauken Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services Division.
The Captain, Supervisor, full-time and part-time EMT staff will receive such compensation as is provided for by the Salary Ordinance[1] covering their titles adopted by the Township of Pennsauken.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 77, Salaries and Compensation.
The Fire Chief, and Captain of the Emergency Medical Services Division shall be responsible to provide adequate staffing to provide emergency medical services upon request 24 hours a day, seven days per week.
A. 
Transportation to a local area hospital as a result of an emergency response: $825.
B. 
Mileage from the scene to an area hospital is $17 per mile.
C. 
Additional charges:
(1) 
Treat without transport: $250.
(2) 
Disposable cervical collar: $40.
(3) 
Oxygen administration: $50.
(4) 
Narcan administration: $95.
(5) 
EPI pen administration: $150.
(6) 
CPAP administration: $95.
(7) 
Aspirin/per administration: $3.
(8) 
Lucas compression administration: $95.
(9) 
Albuterol treatment: $50.