[Amended 1-28-1992 by Ord. No. 3127.2; 7-27-2004 by Ord. No. 3127.6]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated unless a different meaning clearly
appears in the context:
PARAMEDICS
Paramedics who are members of the Bradford City Fire Department.
[Amended 11-11-1990 by Ord. No. 3127.1; 1-28-1992 by Ord. No. 3127.2; 2-24-1998 by Ord. No. 3127.3; 1-23-2001 by Ord. No. 3127.4; 9-25-2001 by Ord. No.
3127.5; 7-27-2004 by Ord. No. 3127.6; 12-20-2005 by Ord. No.
3127.7; 10-9-2007 by Ord. No. 3127.8; 7-24-2012 by Ord. No.
3127.9; 2-24-2015 by Ord. No. 3127.10; 1-22-2019 by Ord. No. 3127.11; 9-26-2023 by Ord. No. 3127.12; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art.
I)]
A. The City of Bradford will charge the following to
persons utilizing its basic life support services:
(1) The all-inclusive basic life support rate as set from
time to time by resolution of the City Council.
(2) In addition to the base rate set forth above at Subsection
A(1), there will be a charge for the use of oxygen as set from time to time by resolution of the City Council.
B. The City of Bradford will charge the following to
persons utilizing its advance life support services:
(1) The all-inclusive
rate for Advanced Life Support 1 and Advanced Life Support 2 shall
be as set from time to time by resolution of the City Council.
(2) The all-inclusive
rate for all paramedic intercept services shall be as set from time
to time by resolution of the City Council.
(3) The following
rates are treat/no-transport charges:
(a) MVA
or non-MVA with evaluation and possible treatment: as set from time
to time by resolution of the City Council.
(b) MVA
or non-MVA with evaluation and administrations of drugs/oxygen: as
set from time to time by resolution of the City Council.
C. The City of Bradford will charge a fee as set from
time to time by resolution of the City Council for rescue tools, utilized
when deemed necessary by the Fire Chief or other rescue personnel
acting in his stead to extricate person(s) from a motorized vehicle
or any other life-threatening situation.
D. Federal and state aid will be accepted when the patient
is eligible and payment is made with the maximum allowable fee payable
by each governmental agency and thereby deducting the contractual
allowance permitted by said governmental agency.
E. As per contract agreement, the Federal Correctional
Institute, McKean (FCI McKean), will pay the rates as set forth in
the most current contract agreement for inmate ambulance service.
F. As per contract agreement, Foster Township, Lafayette
Township, Corydon Township, Bradford Township and Lewis Run Borough
will pay the rates as set forth in the most current contract agreement
for ambulance service for their respective residents.
G. A fee as set from time to time by resolution of the City Council
will be charged for lift assists for non-City residents outside of
the Bradford City limits.
[Amended 2-24-1998 by Ord. No. 3127.3; 7-27-2004 by Ord. No.
3127.6]
A. All calls received by the McKean County 911 Center
will be immediately relayed to the Bradford City Fire Department.
The McKean County 911 Center will make all determinations whether
advance life support or basic life support will be dispatched to the
emergency, as per existing protocol and information received from
the caller.
B. The Bradford City Fire Department ambulance will deliver
all persons to a receiving hospital within a thirty-mile radius of
Bradford, with the exception of FCI McKean inmates, who shall be transported
per the terms of any existing valid contract between the City and
FCI McKean. In addition, when responding to mutual aid calls for Hilltop
Ambulance Service or Otto Eldred Ambulance Service, the patient may
be transported to a receiving hospital within a thirty-mile radius
of the incident.
C. The Chief of the Fire Department of the City of Bradford
is authorized to draft regulations governing the operation of the
ambulance and the activities of paramedics and emergency medical technicians
for submission to the City Council of the City of Bradford for adoption.
[Added 6-14-2005 by Ord. No. 3127.7]
A. All billing for ambulance service imposed by this
chapter, together with the costs of collection imposed under this
chapter, shall be recoverable by the City Solicitor as other debts
of like amount are recoverable.
B. Where billing for ambulance service has proceeded
to the collection stage, either by certification to the City Solicitor
or upon being sent to the City's collection agency for collection,
whichever is applicable, the person liable therefor shall, in addition,
be liable for all costs of collection, including but not limited to
a 25% collection fee when the delinquency is sent to the City's collection
agency.