The operation, free of charge to the citizens of Scranton, of emergency ambulance service on the streets of the city is hereby declared to be a governmental function of the city to be performed and administered by the Division of Ambulance within the Bureau of Fire of the city exclusively pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Scranton as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Ord. No. 59-1979 (Ch. 13, Art. II, Div. 2, of the 1979 Code)]
There is hereby created and established a Division of Ambulance within the Bureau of Fire of the city. The Division of Ambulance shall employ a sufficient number of regular appointed full-time employees of the Bureau of Fire of the city to furnish emergency ambulance service, free of charge to the citizens of Scranton, and to provide such other services as the Director of Public Safety shall promulgate. The basic qualifications for each such employee which shall include but will not be limited to the possession of a certificate by the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania attesting to the successful completion of an approved course of instruction as an emergency medical technician and minimum levels of experience and training by the Bureau of Fire in the performance of rescue work within the city and also certified by the City of Scranton Civil Service Commission.
[Amended by Ord. No. 18-1983]
The City of Scranton shall make a charge of seventy dollars ($70.) to any person, corporation or any other entity utilizing the services of an ambulance.[1]