§ 9-1509. DISPATCH OF AMBULANCES.


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  • (a) Whenever the Police Department receives a request for the dispatch of an ambulance it shall dispatch the ambulances in conformance with this section.

    (b) Registrants shall be called upon a formula or formulas based upon the number of ambulances available for service by the registrant's service. An ambulance available for service is one which has a crew of at least two persons with the ambulance and which is ready at that time to be dispatched. The formula or formulas shall be devised to alternate, as much as possible considering the number of vehicles of each applicant, between the various registrants, i.e., the call shall alternate between services but an applicant with three ambulances will be called three times while a registrant with five ambulances will be called five times, etc.

    (c) Notwithstanding the above, should the Police Department receive information that a particular ambulance or ambulance service is not available on any particular call, or the estimated time of arrival at the scene is excessive, the next ambulance on the rotation list may be called. (Added Ord. 70-45, 1970; Am. Ord. 73-155, eff. 2-15-74; Am. Ord. 74-21, eff. 2-15-74).