[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Township of Pennsauken 12-29-1997 by Ord. No. 97-41; amended in its entirety 2-18-2021 by Ord. No. 2021:03. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
The Pennsauken Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services Division
in and for the Township of Pennsauken is established.
The Pennsauken Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services Division
will provide efficient, professional and expedient emergency care
to anyone with the Township, regardless of their residency, as well
as transportation to area hospitals in any emergency situation.
The Pennsauken Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services Division,
will be staffed by one Captain, and one Staff Supervisor and additional
full-time certified emergency medical technicians and part-time certified
emergency medical technicians, all of which will be appointed by the
local appointing authority in accordance with New Jersey Civil Service
Commission rules and regulations.
A.
The Captain managing emergency medical services will be responsible
for the overall operation of the service and to provide for the health,
safety, welfare and general well-being of all the people the service
may be called upon to provide services to. The Captain will be the
operational head of the division and shall supervise the conduct and
efficiency of the staff, both full- and part-time, within the division;
with the Fire Chief will be the administrative head of the division.
The Fire Chief shall have the power to assign any and all staff members
of the division to their respective duties and require them to perform
the same within the limits of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission
and municipal budget restraints. The Fire Chief and Captain's assignment
of personnel under his or her command shall, in his or her judgement,
be for the best interest of the division and for the safety and welfare
of the people the division is called upon to serve.
B.
The Captain is reportable to the Fire Chief and, through the Administrator,
to the Director of Public Safety, and the Township Committee. The
Chief will take his or her direction through the above chain of command
and implement the policy and procedures established by the Township
Committee.
A.
The full-time and part-time EMT staff will work under the direction
of the Fire Chief, Captain and Supervisor, and will perform the duties
assigned to them by the Fire Chief.
B.
Full-time and part-time EMS staff will be governed by rules regulations
of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission as well as policies, procedures
of the Township of Pennsauken and the Pennsauken Fire Department,
Emergency Medical Services Division.
The Captain, Supervisor, full-time and part-time EMT staff will
receive such compensation as is provided for by the Salary Ordinance[1] covering their titles adopted by the Township of Pennsauken.
The Fire Chief, and Captain of the Emergency Medical Services
Division shall be responsible to provide adequate staffing to provide
emergency medical services upon request 24 hours a day, seven days
per week.
[Amended 2-2-2023 by Ord. No. 2023:01]
A.
Transportation by ambulance to a local area hospital as a result
of an emergency response: $950.
B.
Mileage from the scene to an area hospital is $17 per mile.
C.
Additional charges:
(1)
Treat without transport: $250.
(2)
Disposable cervical collar: $60.
(3)
Oxygen administration: $75.
(4)
Narcan administration: $95.
(5)
EPI pen administration: $150.
(6)
CPAP administration: $95.
(7)
Aspirin/per administration: $5.
(8)
Lucas compression administration: $95.
(9)
Albuterol treatment: $50.
(10)
Defibrillation
(automated external defibrillator/AED): $150.
(11)
Spinal
immobilization: $150.
(12)
EMS
support unit services: $150 per hour, regardless of unit type.
(13)
EMS
bike unit: $100 per hour, per single rider/emergency medical technician.
(14)
Basic
life support ambulance $200 per hour.
(15)
Mutual-aid
basic life support (hereinafter "BLS") ambulance supporting municipality
without in-service BLS: $250 per occurrence.
NOTE: Applicable to municipalities not providing BLS services,
invoiced to the respective municipality, and does not include applicable
service fees for treatment and transportation.
(16)
BLS
unit move-up/standby supporting municipality without in-service BLS:
$350 per hour/per unit.
(17)
CPR
training: $50 per student.
[Added 2-2-2023 by Ord. No. 2023:01]
The purpose of this section is to encourage persons or entities
in the Township of Pennsauken to utilize the municipal emergency medical
services when necessary but to avoid dispatching emergency medical
services for nonemergency situations. As a result, it shall be a violation
of this section to request a dispatch of an emergency medical services
unit for nonemergency response or transportation. This section governs
911 calls seeking response by the municipal emergency medical services
units in nonemergent situations.
A.
Fees and
warnings.
(1)
A person
or business shall be subject to fees or warnings depending on the
number of dispatches made for nonemergency medical services upon the
following schedule:
(2)
Fees
are to be paid within 30 days of receipt of notification. Failure
to remit said fee within 30 days of the notice thereof, the Township
of Pennsauken may enforce same through the Municipal Court of the
Township of Pennsauken.
(3)
Emergency
medical services dispatches which were reasonably believed to be life-threatening
or an emergency at the time of occurrence, later to be deemed nonemergency,
shall not be counted as a violation of this section.
B.
Appeal of
fees.
(1)
A person
or entity issued a fee under this section may appeal assessment of
a fee to the Township of Pennsauken Administrator and Fire Chief by
filing a written request for a review of the situation leading to
the issuance of the fee within 10 days of receipt of the fee notice.
The filing of an appeal of the fee shall stay the assessment of the
fee until the Fire Chief and Administrator renders a final decision
on the appeal.
(2)
The
decision on the appeal shall be made on the basis of a preponderance
of the evidence presented from the party filing the appeal, as well
as any information received from the Pennsauken Fire Department. The
Township of Pennsauken shall render a decision on an appeal of a fee
within 30 days of receipt of the appeal.
