[Ord. 564, 11/24/2008, § 7-1.01]
The Edinboro Fire Department or designee of the Edinboro
Fire Department providing emergency medical services or providing
services pursuant to a dispatch under the E-911 system and any other
emergency medical service provider providing emergency medical services
under mutual aid agreement with the Fire Department or its designee.
The Edinboro Fire Department which provides fire protection
and related services under an agreement with the Borough, and shall
include for purposes of authorization to invoice and recover fees
for services designees or contractors of such department and any fire
department of another municipality providing services under any Mutual
Aid Agreement or dispatch under the E-911 system.
Any natural person(s), partnership, corporation, limited
liability partnership or corporation, association, firm, insurance
carrier, servicing agent or other legal entity.
[Ord. 564, 11/24/2008, § 7-1.02]
1.
A fire department or provider is hereby authorized, pursuant to the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, any agreements between the
Borough and the Edinboro Fire Department and this Part, to recover
the usual, reasonable and customary costs of materials used and expended
and to recover a fee for the use of equipment, hazardous situation
abatement materials and personnel costs used in or devoted to any
fire, safety, rescue and/or hazardous waste abatement incident, these
including, but not limited to, those caused by vehicular accidents
and/or fires.
2.
Emergency medical service providers are hereby authorized, pursuant
to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, agreements between
the Borough of Edinboro and the Edinboro Fire Department and between
fire departments and any provider pursuant to this Part, to recover
the usual, reasonable and customary costs of materials used and expended,
use of equipment, personnel services and transport costs used in or
devoted to the providing of emergency medical services and emergency
transport.
3.
Fire departments and emergency medical service providers shall establish
schedules of fees and costs for their respective services, which may
be amended from time to time. Such schedules of fees and costs shall
be posted at the department's or provider's business offices
and shall be made available to persons upon request. The costs and
expenses authorized by this Part shall be those established in current
and posted schedules adopted by resolutions by the Home Rule Borough
of Edinboro as needed.
[Ord. 564, 11/24/2008, § 7-1.03]
1.
Costs, expenses and fees authorized in § 7-202 of this Part shall be charged, collected and recovered directly by the Edinboro Fire Department, the emergency medical service provider and/or their appointed designee or agent. The person invoiced for such costs, expenses and fees, and/or that person's insurance carrier, servicing agent or other representative, shall remit payment of invoiced costs, expenses and fees directly to the Edinboro Fire Department or emergency medical service provider, as is applicable.
2.
In addition to such costs, expenses and fees, fire departments, emergency
medical service providers are authorized to impose interest or finance
charges upon invoices amounts not paid within 30 days after the invoice
date, at such rates as are authorized by the laws of Pennsylvania.
3.
In addition to such costs, expenses and fees, in the event fire departments
and emergency medical services providers are compelled to initiate
private collection or legal proceedings to collect sums due, such
provider, in addition to all costs, expenses, fees and interest or
service charges due, shall be entitled to recover in such proceeding
all attorney's fees, collection agency fees, filing fees and
litigation expenses reasonably incurred in the proceeding.
[Ord. 564, 11/24/2008, § 7-1.04; as amended by
Ord. 585, 9/12/2011]
2.
Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each section
of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute
a separate offense.
3.
A fine in an amount not less than $250 nor more than $1,000 per violation
and for each day of violation is hereby prescribed for violations
of this Part.
4.
Upon a finding of violation, any person violating any provision of
this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay fines
as prescribed in this section, plus costs and with all attorneys'
fees incurred by the Borough and/or fire departments and/or emergency
medical service providers and/or their agents in the proceedings.
