It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to adopt a Sunbury
Fire Department Cost Recovery/Reimbursement Code, to authorize the
Sunbury Fire Department to seek recovery/reimbursement of costs, as
allowed under the applicable law, relative to the use of specialized
equipment and materials (including, but not limited to, emergency
rescue tools, hazardous material abatement tools and/or materials,
and fire suppression tools and/or materials) on all emergency scenes,
both within the City of Sunbury and in outlying response areas as
contracted by various municipalities.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
In accordance with the authority granted the City of Sunbury by the Third Class City Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (11 Pa.C.S.A. § 10101 et seq.), there is hereby adopted by the Council of the City of Sunbury, for the purposes set forth in §
86-1, that certain code, to be known as the "Sunbury Fire Department Cost Recovery/Reimbursement Code." The provisions of the aforementioned code, as supplemented, are set forth in those three copies which are presently on file in the office of the City Clerk and are hereby adopted as fully as if set forth at length herein. From the date on which this chapter shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling relative to the Sunbury Fire Department, except as modified by this chapter and any subsequent amendments thereto.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
The Sunbury Fire Department shall not be obligated to pursue
collection efforts against any insurance company, individual, or business.
Said efforts may be applied on a case-by-case basis determined by
the reasonable assessment of the probable success, including financial
success, of said collection efforts.
There shall be no refusal or delay in emergency services from
the Sunbury Fire Department, or its personnel, due to the lack of
insurance coverage or the inability to pay for cost recovery.