[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Rostraver as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-3-2007 by Ord. No. 567]
The Township recognizes and supports the rights
of the various fire departments to bill persons and entities, including
insurance companies providing coverage to said persons and entities
for the reasonable costs that are related to the loss, damage and
wear to apparatus, tools, equipment and materials necessary to provide
the emergency services rendered to said person and entities.
Fees shall be collected for services provided
inside the Township's geographical confines as well as those provided
outside the confines of the Township. The various fire departments
shall utilize applicable incident report information that will be
forwarded to the various departments' authorized agent for the collection
of fees. All of the monies received under this article shall be divided
equally among the Township's three Fire Departments.
The fire departments, or their authorized agent,
shall submit an invoice to the relevant insurance company covering
the particular loss that is related to the emergency services rendered.
If it can be reliably determined that there is no insurance coverage
for a particular loss which causes the fire department to incur loss,
damage, wear and tear to apparatus, tools, equipment and materials,
then the fire department may hold responsible the person or entity
that received said emergency services except for Township residents
who are exempt from said collection.
A.
Residents of the Township who have no insurance coverage
for the incident connected to the receiving of emergency services
rendered by the fire departments are exempted from the fire department
service charges herein contained. Any commercially owned, operated
or industrial owned property shall not be eligible for said exemption.
B.
Calls for service at residential structure single-family
residence fires within the Township limits shall not be subject to
any of the fire department service charges contained herein, unless
it is determined that the emergency services rendered were connected
to negligent and/or malicious act(s) on the part of the property owners.
C.
First responder/medical assist calls to a residence,
i.e., not involving a motor vehicle, within the Township limits are
hereby exempted from the fire department service charges contained
herein unless it is determined that the emergency services rendered
were connected to negligent and/or malicious act(s) on the part of
persons receiving the treatment.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances and resolutions
in conflict with this article are hereby repealed and are no longer
of any force and effect.
If any provision of this article or application
thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or application thereof
of this article which can be given effect without the invalid provision
or application, and to this end, the provisions of this article are
hereby declared to be severable.
[Adopted 1-25-2017 by Ord. No.
681]
