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(a) The City of New castle wishes to provide for reimbursement to the
City of New Castle for any emergency medical and fire service costs
and/or expenses incurred by the Fire Department at motor vehicle accident
scenes by providing patient care, assessing the accident scene for
potential fire risk, and/or providing scene lighting and hazard control
by submitting claims to the vehicle owner and/or their insurance carrier.
(b) It is the finding of the City that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
mandates under Title 75 "The Vehicle Code" Subsection 1786F "Financial
Responsibility Required" that all vehicle owners must maintain insurance
coverage. Vehicle owners' policies and/or other applicable policies
may provide reimbursement to the City of New Castle for Fire Department
provided services at accident scenes.
(c) Reimbursement shall be sought by submitting claims to the person,
property owner, business, firm, organization, corporation an/or their
insurance carrier.
[Ord. 7872, passed 8-28-2008]
(a) The Fire Chief or his/her designee is hereby authorized and directed
to obtain all necessary and pertinent vehicle insurance information,
and to take necessary and affirmative actions to apply for and receive
reimbursement from any insurance carriers where a vehicle owner, driver
or passenger is or may be insured so that the City of New Castle may
be reimbursed for any cost and/or expense incurred for services, supplies
and/or equipment used for or provided to the vehicle owner, driver
or passenger by the New Castle Fire Department.
(b) Ay person or vehicle owner who is rendered service under this article
shall provide the New Castle Fire Department with the following information.
(1)
Name, address, telephone contact number of the vehicle owner
and any injured occupants.
(2)
Name, address, policy number, and agent of the insurance carrier.
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(a) This article shall be construed to accomplish its purpose to compensate
and/or reimburse the City of New Castle from insurance proceeds the
costs and/or expenses incurred while providing services from the Fire
Department according to the following fee schedule:
Type
|
Fee
|
---|
Auto Accident (per injured individual transported to a medical
receiving facility)
|
$300
|
Auto Accident (with hydraulic extrication tools used or technical
rescue)
|
$450
|
Auto Accident (no injuries, with scene clean-up)
|
$100
|
[Ord. 7872, passed 8-28-2008]
Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to authorize the
New Castle Fire Department or any City Department to refuse or delay
any emergency service to any City person, firm, business, organization,
or corporation, due to lack of insurance coverage or ability to pay
for said services.
[Ord. 7872, passed 8-28-2008]
Should any provision or part of this article be declared by
any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable,
the same shall not affect the validity or enforcement of the balance
of this article, which shall remain in full force and effect.
[Ord. 7872, passed 8-28-2008]
All ordinances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions
of this ordinance shall be and are hereby repealed.
[Ord. 7872, passed 8-28-2008]
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, whoever fails to cooperate with providing any information required pursuant to this article, shall be punished as provided in Section
101.99 of the Administrative Code.