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Mitigation Rates.
The City Council is scheduled
to hear at this evening’s regular Council
meeting the first reading of an ordinance that
would allow the Fire Department to bill insurance
companies for emergency services. The meeting is
at 7:30 p.m. The following is the ordinance and
rates to be charged.
"SECTION I: The City of
Carthage Fire Department shall initiate
mitigation rates for the delivery of emergency
services by the fIre department for personnel,
supplies and equipment to the scene of motor
vehicle incidents and other emergency incidents
as listed in "EXHIBIT A". The
mitigation rates shall be based on actual costs
of the services and that which is usual,
customary and reasonable (UCR) as shown in
"EXHIBIT A", which may include any
services, personnel, supplies, and equipment and
with baselines established by addendum to this
document.
SECTION II: The mitigation
rates shall be fIled to the responsible party,
representing an add-on cost of the claim for
damages of the vehicles, property and/or
injuries. The claim costs shall be fIled to the
insurance coverage of the owner of a vehicle,
owner of property, or responsible parties. In
some circumstances, the responsible party will be
billed directly.
SECTION III: The City Council
may make rules or regulations and from time to
time may amend, revoke, or add rules and
regulations, not consistent with this Section, as
they may deem necessary or expedient in respect
to billing for these mitigation rates or the
collection thereof.
SECTION IV: It is found and
determined that all formal actions of this City
Council concerning and relating to the adoption
of this Ordinance were adopted in open meetings
ofthis City Council, and that all deliberations
of this City Council and any of its committees
that resulted in such formal actions were in
accordance with all legal requirements, and the
Codified Ordinances of the City Council.
SECTION V: These mitigation
rates will apply to motor vehicle incidents,
hazmat incidents, pipeline incidents, water
incidents, back country or special rescue
incidents, and miscellaneous incidents as
delineated on "EXHIBIT A", to persons
and/or businesses not residing or located within
the Carthage Fire Protection District. Responses
involving intoxicated drivers, hazmat clean-up,
structural fires and negligent acts may also be
subject to all applicable rates regardless of
residency.
SECTION VI: Mitigation rates
for the aforesaid services are hereby set forth
and approved as provided for as shown in
"EXHIBIT A".
SECTION VII: This Ordinance
shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage and approval.
J. Michael Harris, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Lynn Campbell, CITY CLERK
Sponsored by: Public Safety Committee
EXHIBIT A
MITIGATION RATES
BASED ON PER HOUR
MOTOR VEHICLE INCIDENTS
Level 1 -$435.00
Provide hazardous materials
assessment and scene stabilization. This will be
the most common "billing level". This
occurs almost every time the fire department
responds to an accident/incident.
Level 2 -$495.00
Includes Level 1 services as
well as clean up and material used (sorbents) for
hazardous fluid clean up and disposal. We will
bill at this level if the fire department has to
clean up any gasoline or other automotive fluids
that are spilled as a result of the
accident/incident.
Level 3 -CAR FIRE -$605.00
Provide scene safety, fire
suppression, breathing air, rescue tools, hand
tools, hose, tip use, foam, structure protection,
and clean up gasoline or other automotive fluids
that are spilled as a result of the
accident/incident.
Level 4 -$1,800.00
Includes Level 1 & 2
services as well as extrication (heavy rescue
tools, ropes, airbags, cribbing etc.). We will
bill at this level if the fire department has to
free/remove anyone from the vehicle(s) using any
equipment. We will not bill at this level if the
patient is simply unconscious and fire department
is able to open the door to access the patient.
This level is to be billed only if equipment is
deployed.
Level 5 -$2,200.00
Includes Levels 1, 2, & 4
services as well as Air Care (multi-engine
company response, mutual aid, helicopter). We
will bill at this level any time a helicopter is
utilized to transport the patient(s).
Level 6
Itemized Response: You have the
option to bill each incident as an independent
event with custom mitigation rates, for each
incident using, itemized rates deemed usual,
customary and reasonable (UCR). These incidents
will be billed, itemized per apparatus, per
personnel, plus products and equipment used.
HAZMAT
Level 1 -$700.00
Basic Response: Claim will
include engine response, first responder
assignment, perimeter establishment, evacuations,
set-up and command.
Level 2 -$2,500.00
Intermediate Response: Claim
will include engine response, first responder
assignment, hazmat certified team and appropriate
equipment, perimeter establishment, evacuations,
set-up and command, Level A or B suit donning,
breathing air and detection equipment. Set-up and
removal of decon center.
Level 3 -$5,900.00
Advanced Response: Claim will
include engine response, first responder
assignment, hazmat certified team and appropriate
equipment, perimeter establishment, evacuations,
first responder set-up and command, Level A or B
suit donning, breathing air and detection
equipment and robot deployment. Setup and removal
of decon center, detection equipment, recovery
and identification of material. Disposal and
environment clean up. Includes above in addition
to any disposal rates of material and
contaminated equipment and material used at
scene. Includes 3 hours of on scene time -each
additional hour @ $300.00 per HAZMAT team.
PIPELINE INCIDENTS I POWER LINE
INCIDENTS
(Includes, but not limited to:
Gas, Sewer, Septic to Sewer, and Water Pipelines)
Level 1 -$400.00
Basic Response: Claim will
include engine response and first responder
assignment, perimeter establishment, evacuations,
first responder set-up and command. Includes
inspection without damage or breakage.
Level 2 -$1,000.00
Intermediate Response: Claim
will include engine response, first responder
assignment, and appropriate equipment, perimeter
establishment, evacuations, first responder
set-up and command. May include HAZMAT tearn,
Level A or B suit donning, breathing air and
detection equipment. Supervise and/or assist
pipeline repair.
Level 3 -Itemized Claim Charges
Advanced Response: Claim will
include engine response, first responder
assignment, and appropriate equipment, perimeter
establishment, evacuations, first responder
set-up and command. May include HAZMAT team,
Level A or B suit donning, breathing air and
detection equipment. Supervise and/or assist
pipeline repair of intermediate to major pipeline
damage. May include set-up and removal of decon
center, detection, recovery and identification of
material. Disposal and environment clean up.
FIRE INVESTIGATION
Fire Investigation Team
-$275.00 per hour.
Includes:
• Scene Safety
• Investigation
• Source Identification
• K-9/Arson Dog Unit
• Identification Equipment
• Mobile Detection Unit
• Fire Report
The claim begins when the Fire
Investigator responds to the incident and is
billed for logged time only.
FIRES
Assignment -$400.00 per hour,
per engine I $500.00 per hour, per truck
Includes:
• Scene Safety
• Investigation
• Fire / Hazard Control
This will be the most common
"billing level". This occurs almost
every time the fire department responds to an
incident.
OPTIONAL: A fire department has
the option to bill each fire as an independent
event with custom mitigation rates.
Itemized, per person, at
various pay levels and for itemized products use.
WATER INCIDENTS
Level 1
Basic Response: Claim will
include engine response, first responder
assignment, perimeter establishment, evacuations,
first responder set-up and command, scene safety
and investigation (including possible patient
contact, hazard control). This will be the most
common "billing level". This occurs
almost every time the fire department responds to
a water incident.
Billed at $400 plus $50 per
hour, per rescue person.
Level 2
Intermediate Response: Includes
Level 1 services as well as clean up and material
used (sorbents), minor hazardous clean up and
disposal. We will bill at this level if the fire
department has to clean up small amounts of
gasoline or other fluids that are spilled as a
result of the incident.
Billed at $800 plus $50 per
hour, per rescue person.
Level 3
Advanced Response: Includes
Level 1 and Level 2 services as well as D.A.R.T.
activation, donning breathing apparatus and
detection equipment. Set up and removal of decon
center, detection equipment, recovery and
identification of material. Disposal and
environment clean up. Includes above in addition
to any disposal rates of material and
contaminated equipment and material used at
scene.
Billed at $2,000 plus $50 per
hour per rescue person, plus $100 per hour per
HAZMAT team member.
Level 4
Itemized Response: You have the
option to bill each incident as an independent
event with custom mitigation rates for each
incident using itemized rates deemed usual,
customary and reasonable (UCR). These incidents
will be billed, itemized, per trained rescue
person, plus rescue products used.
BACK COUNTRY OR SPECIAL RESCUE
Itemized Response: Each
incident will be billed with custom mitigation
rates deemed usual, customary and reasonable
(UCR). These incidents will be billed, itemized
per apparatus per hour, per trained rescue person
per hour, plus rescue products used.
Minimum billed $400 for the
first response vehicle plus $50 per rescue
person. Additional rates of $400 per hour per
response vehicle and $50 per hour per rescue
person.
CHIEF RESPONSE
This includes the set-up of
Command, and providing direction of the incident.
This could include operations,
safety, and administration of the incident.
Billed at $250 per hour.
MISCELLANEOUS
Engine billed at $400 per hour.
Truck billed at $500 per hour.
Miscellaneous equipment billed
at $300.
MITIGATION RATE NOTES
The mitigation rates above are
average "billing levels", and are
typical for the incident responses listed,
however, when a claim is submitted, it will be
itemized and based on the actual services
provided.
These average mitigation rates
were determined by itemizing costs for a typical
run (from the time a fire apparatus leaves the
station until it returns to the station) and are
based on the actual costs, using amortized
schedules for apparatus (including useful life,
equipment, repairs, and maintenance) and labor
rates (an average department’s "actual
personnel expense" and not just a
firefighter’s basic wage). The actual
personnel expense includes costs such as wages,
retirement, benefits, workers comp, insurance,
etc."
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