§ 2.28.030. Division of emergency ambulance and rescue service.

A.

There is created within the metropolitan fire department a division of emergency ambulance and rescue service for the purpose of providing emergency ambulance service to the citizens of the metropolitan government.

B.

There is hereby imposed upon the metropolitan fire department the power to make all rules and regulations which the metropolitan fire department deems necessary for the proper and safe operation of any ambulance or ambulance operation, whether publicly or privately owned, which rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to the type of vehicles required, the equipment necessary for each vehicle, the fees to be charged for the transportation of persons in such vehicles, the locations where ambulances are to be stationed, and the means of dispatching such ambulances and the number of vehicles required.

C.

All rules and regulations promulgated by the metropolitan fire department for the operation of emergency ambulance service shall be approved by an advisory committee consisting of the metropolitan fire chief, chief of police, deputy fire chief emergency medical service, director of hospitals, director of finance, a representative from the Nashville Academy of Medicine, director of health, the president of the Nashville Fire Fighters Association, I.A.F.F. Local 763, the EMS division vice-president of the Nashville Fire Fighters Association, I.A.F.F. Local 763, vice-mayor, and a member of the metropolitan council's committee on health, hospitals and social services, or any of their designated representatives. Upon approval by the advisory committee, the rules shall be submitted to the metropolitan council for approval.

D.

The dispatching of all metropolitan emergency ambulances shall be a function of the emergency ambulance section of the metropolitan fire department. It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any ambulance service to respond to any emergency call unless authorized to do so by the dispatcher for the emergency ambulance service. Any violation of this section shall be deemed a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, the person may be fined in an amount not exceeding fifty dollars.

E.

In case of a disaster or holocaust, emergency ambulance service will be provided by the funeral directors to back up emergency ambulance service of the metropolitan fire department. In such case, ambulances of the funeral directors will be dispatched by the metropolitan fire chief or his designated representative.

(Ord. 96-162 § 1, 1996; Ord. 95-93 § 1, 1995; Ord. 91-100 § 1, 1992; prior code § 16-1-2)