[Adopted 2-20-1984 by FMC-194; amended in its entirety 3-4-2013 by FMC-457 (Ch. 8, Art. IX, of the 1964 Code)]
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783]
There is hereby created for the Village of Flossmoor a Mobile Intensive Care Unit whose membership shall consist of certified emergency medical technicians-paramedics and emergency medical technicians-basic (EMT-B) from the Flossmoor Police Department, the Flossmoor Fire Department, and members of other departments of the Village who apply for membership and are approved by the Fire Chief, and such other persons who may apply and are approved by the Fire Chief.
The definitions contained in the "Emergency Medical Services Systems Act," being 210 ILCS 50, and as such act may hereafter be amended, are adopted herein by reference (210 ILCS 50/1 et seq.).
A. 
The management, supervision and control of the Flossmoor Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) is vested in the Chief of the Fire Department, who shall be responsible for the government, efficiency and good conduct of the Flossmoor MICU members and shall be considered the head of the unit.
B. 
The Chief of the Flossmoor Fire Department shall have the sole control and command over all persons connected with the Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) program of the Village of Flossmoor. The Fire Chief shall have full power to prescribe rules and regulations and shall have power to enforce rules and regulations for the government of the members of the Flossmoor Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU), which shall not be inconsistent with the charter and ordinances of the Village of Flossmoor, the laws of the State of Illinois or the rules and regulations set forth from the Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) resource hospital.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783]
A. 
Police officers who are certified paramedics or EMT-Bs as of March 4, 2013, may continue as certified paramedics or EMT-Bs, but they are not required to continue as such after such date. A police officer may exercise his choice to no longer be a paramedic or EMT-B by submitting a letter to the Fire Chief so stating or by not recertifying.
B. 
No new probationary police officer or probationary police officer on March 4, 2013, shall be required to be a paramedic or an EMT-B.
C. 
Members of non-police departments of the Village and other individuals, upon being approved for training by the Fire Chief, shall be probationary members of the unit for a twelve-month period, which period may be extended by the Fire Chief. Cumulative extensions shall not exceed 12 months.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original §§ 8.905, Salary reduction, and 8.906, Length of service, 8.907, Exemptions, 8.908, Emergency medical services charge, and 8.909, Penalty, of the 1964 Code, which immediately followed this section, were repealed 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783.
[Amended 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783]
A. 
When emergency medical services are provided by the Village through its Emergency Medical Services Program, the charges for such services shall be as provided in Chapter 150, Fees, Fines and Charges, Article 5.
B. 
The charges imposed shall not apply where emergency medical services are being provided outside the Village of Flossmoor in response to a request by another municipality pursuant to a mutual aid agreement with the Village of Flossmoor.
C. 
Residents of the Sunnycrest Fire Protection District shall be considered residents of the Village of Flossmoor for the purpose of assessing fees provided for in this article.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 8.911, Penalty, of the 1964 Code, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1783.