[Adopted 8-12-2013 by Ord. No. 4-2013]
The recitals set forth herein are incorporated by reference.
As used in the article, the following terms shall have the meanings
as indicated:
EMERGENCY RESCUE
A.
MOTOR VEHICLEService provided by the Centre Hall Fire Company at the direction of Centre County Emergency Communications Center, Pennsylvania State Police or mutual aid request to secure or stabilize a scene of a motor vehicle accident. Service may include extrication of the occupants of the motor vehicle(s) involved in the accident by mechanical means.
B.
NON-MOTOR VEHICLEService provided by the Centre Hall Fire Company at the direction of Centre County Emergency Communications Center, Pennsylvania State Police or mutual aid request to locate and remove to safety missing person(s), vehicles, etc., whose whereabouts are unknown but whose conditions may be perilous or a threat to health or safety of the community.
PERSON
An individual, corporation, firm, association, public utility,
trust, estate, public or private institution, group, and any legal
successor, representative or agency of the foregoing.
VEHICLE
Any car, truck, van, railroad car, water vessel, airplane
or other motorized or nonmotorized transportation vehicle.
The Fire Company shall have the authority to bill either an
individual, corporation (profit or nonprofit), municipal subdivision,
or insurance carrier for the same.
The Fire Company shall have the authority to bill a neighboring
municipality for the utilization of said tools, equipment and materials
when utilization has been requested by said municipality regardless
of whether the cause of said utilization has been an act of negligence.
Any person/facility who shall fail to comply with this article
within 60 days of notification shall, upon conviction thereof, be
sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, together with the
cost of prosecution, and in default of such fine and costs be sentenced
to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 30 days.
In the event that an obligor fails to pay the statement for
tools, equipment and materials, the Fire Company is hereby authorized
to commence the appropriate civil action in order to effectuate a
recovery of the same and may utilize the offices of the District Magistrate
or Civil Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County, Pennsylvania,
in order to effectuate a recovery of the cost of the tools, equipment
and materials, proper interest and court costs.