Township of Southampton, NJ Chapter 22 Emergency Rescue Services

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township of Southampton by Ord. No. 2008-9. Amendments noted where applicable.]

22-1 PURPOSE.

The Township of Southampton, in order to support the volunteer emergency medical service squads and volunteer fire departments, shall allow said squads and departments to establish appropriate mechanisms for billing emergency rescue services as defined herein. It is the desire of the Township to see that all moneys received by the volunteer squads and companies be shared equally among the volunteer squads and companies except that replacement and/or repair of equipment and supplies used in an incident be paid for directly with the payments associated with their use.

22-2 ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCEDURES BY THE VOLUNTEER COMPANY.

When a volunteer emergency medical service squad and/or voluntary fire company determines it is in the best interest of that entity to establish a reimbursement mechanism to offset costs for the use of emergency rescue equipment, that squad or company shall be permitted to establish an internal billing procedure to accomplish that goal. Said procedure may include the use of a third party billing company to invoice and collect the costs incurred.

22-3 BILLING.

These charges shall be billed to the insurance company of the party receiving emergency rescue services. In the case of an uninsured party, the squad shall bill the individual upon whom rescue service was rendered. Participating volunteer emergency squads and fire departments shall submit a quarterly report to the Township Administrator identifying the revenue generated from these billing efforts. The rates set herein shall be reviewed annually by the Township Administrator and the Chiefs of the volunteer emergency squads and fire departments. The Township Administrator, with input from the Chiefs, may thereafter recommend to Committee that the rate schedule be altered to reflect appropriate increases or decreases.

22-4 FEES FOR CERTAIN RESCUE SERVICES. [1]

The following fees shall be charged for rescue services provided by each volunteer emergency squad or fire company that establishes appropriate and consistent procedures for the collection of such sums.

a. Emergency apparatus (cost per hour).

	1.	Per engine, Class A Engine	$500 (maximum 2 engines)
	2.	Per command, command unit	$300 (maximum 1 unit)

b. Rescue Equipment (Cost per Incident).

	1.	Spreaders	$250
	2.	Cutters	$250
	3.	Rams	$250
	4.	Air bags	$250
	5.	Stabilization	$150
	6.	Airmedical landing zone	$150
	7.	K-12 saw	$55
	8.	Ajax tool	$25
	9.	K-tool	$25
	10.	Chain saw	$50
	11.	Sawzall	$55
	12.	Winshield tool	$15
	13.	Rescue blanket	$32
	14.	Rope	$25
	15.	SCBA refill	$25
	16.	Medical disposables	$25

c. Hazardous material equipment.

	1.	Absorbant	$25 per container
	2.	Adsorbant booms	$40 per unit
	3.	Disposable coveralls	$30 per unit
	4.	Neoprene gloves	$20 per unit
	5.	Over boots	$25 per unit
	6.	Gas plug kits	$50 per unit
	7.	Plug and diking	$75 per incident
	8.	Drum liners	$10 per unit
	9.	Barricade tape	$10 per incident
	10.	Poly ground sheeting	$55 per incident
	11.	Gas multi-monitoring	$65 per incident
	12.	C02 monitoring	$65 per incident

d. Fire equipment.

	1.	Flares	$5 per unit
	2.	AFFF foam	$50 per unit
	3.	Salvage cover	$25 per unit
	4.	Water ext.	$25 per unit
	5.	Dry chem ext.	$50 per unit
	6.	C02 ext.	$50 per unit

[1] Editor's Note: The revised rate schedule shall take effect August 1, 2008, for those volunteer squads or department that establish appropriate and consistent billing procedures.