HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-038 Ordinance amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code 5.96 - Ambulance Services ORDINANCE NO. 2023-038
AN ORDINANCE amending the City of Yakima Municipal Code Section 5.96.080 entitled
Conditions of ambulance service.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. City of Yakima Municipal Code Section 5.96.080 Conditions of ambulance
service, is hereby amended to read as follows:
5.96.080 Conditions of ambulance service.
Each ambulance service operating within the city must comply with the following minimum
conditions:
(a) Provide ALS and BLS ambulance services throughout the city on a twenty-four hours per
day, seven days per week basis.
(b) Each ambulance of the ambulance service that is operating in the city must be licensed by
the state of Washington and must meet all standards and requirements set forth in WAC
Chapter 246-976 as now or hereafter amended. Proof of a current state license must be
maintained and available in the ambulance at all times.
(c) Each ambulance of the ambulance service that is on duty and operating in the city shall be
staffed with a minimum of two ambulance attendants, and staffed in accordance with the
applicable ALS and BLS personnel requirements in WAC 246-976-390 as now or hereafter
amended.
(d) Emergency incidents shall require that the closest appropriate level of ambulance, BLS or
ALS, be dispatched as determined by the EMD criteria outlined and approved by the Yakima
County MPD.
(e) The city may provide first response EMS. An ambulance service receiving a direct request
for EMS shall notify the city's 9-1-1 communication center immediately so that the department's
first response can be initiated. The only exception to this requirement shall be for the transport
of nonemergent interfacility transfer of patients, routine medical transports, and BLS standbys.
(f) For emergency responses, ambulances shall maintain a response time as required by
WAC 246-976-390, or as amended, of those calls occurring within the corporate city limits.
(g) Within ten calendar days following the end of each month, the ambulance service shall
provide the fire chief with a written report from the previous month that demonstrates whether
the ambulance service has complied with the city's response criteria. The report will include the
date of each incident, location, the time the call was received, the time of arrival of the
ambulance at the incident scene, and the calculated response time. The report shall include a
separate section that identifies all ambulance service responses that did not comply with the
city's response criteria and description of the reasons for the delay of each such response.
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(h) Each ambulance service shall comply with all applicable state and local laws, rules,
regulations, procedures, and protocols, including but not limited to those that are specific to
ambulances, ambulance service, ambulance equipment, ambulance personnel, EMS, ALS, and
EMT and paramedic personnel.
(i) Each ambulance service shall equip each of its in-service ambulances with a fully
functioning AVL unit of a type and model that is acceptable to the city. City personnel shall
monitor the location of each AVL unit and respective ambulance on a twenty-four-hour basis in
order to ensure that the closest available appropriate ambulance is dispatched to any incident
requiring an ambulance. The ambulance service shall be responsible for all costs associated
with the purchase and maintenance of the AVL unit for each ambulance and are required to pay
the city a monthly monitoring fee within ten calendar days following the end of each month of
monitoring service. The monthly monitoring fee will be set forth in the city of Yakima master fee
schedule adopted via resolution by city council. Any ambulance service contracting for dispatch
services with the city shall be excluded from monthly AVL monitoring fees.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 30 days after its passage,
approval, and publication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 17th day of October, 2023.
CIA-Janice Decci , Mayor
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Publication Date: October 20, 2023
Effective Date: November 19, 2023
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