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1 RESOLUTION NO. 4538
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF VERNON APPROVING THE EXECUTION OF
3 A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF VERNON AND
MEDEVAC, INC., FOR INTERIM PARAMEDIC SERVICES
4 AND DETERMINING THAT THE EXECUTION AND IMPLE-
MENTATION OF SAID AGREEMENT WILL NOT HAVE ANY
5 ADVERSE EFFECT UPON THE WAGES, HOURS, OR WORK-
ING CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYEES IN THE FIRE DEPART-
6 MENT OF THE CITY OF VERNON
7 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Vernon auth'"
8 orized Bruce V. Malkenhorst, City ClerklDirector of Finance and
9 David B. Brearley, City Attorney to negotiate a temporary
10 agreement with Medevac, Inc., for paramedic services; and
11 WHEREAS, the Vernon Firefighters Local 2312 has been
12 recognized as the successor to the Vernon Fireman's Association,
13 pursuant to Resolution No. 4027 of the City Council of the City
14 of Vernon; and
15 WHEREAS, the City's Municipal Employee Relations
16 Representative, Harry J. Keaton, (MERR), pursuant to Section 6 D
17 of Resolution 4027, orally advised representatives of Local 2312
18 that the City had determined to enter into an agreement with
19 Medevac, Inc., to provide paramedic services; and
20 WHEREAS, Richard J. Silber, Esq., attorney and principal
21 negotiator for Local 2312, orally and later confirmed by letter
22 dated February 11, 1978, in response to the MERR's previous
23 oral representation requested that the MERR meet and confer with
24 the Association concerning the proposed agreement with Medevac,
25 Inc., for paramedic services; and
26 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6 D of Resolution 4027,
27 the MERR and representatives of the City met and conferred with
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WHEREAS, the MERR during said negotiations declared an
impasse and transmitted to the City Council a letter, dated
February 17, 1978, attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated
herein by this reference as though fully set forth at length,
which explains said impasse.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON
RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the City Council of the City of Vernon
does hereby determine that the decision to provide temporary
paramedic services within the boundaries of the City of Vernon
will not have any adverse effect upon the wages, hours, or
working conditions of employees in the Fire Department of the
City of Vernon.
SECTION 2: That the City Council of the City of Vernon
does hereby determine that the implementation of the agreement,
attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and incorporated herein by this
reference as though fully set forth at length, will not have any
adverse effect upon the wages, hours, or working conditions of
employees in the Fire Department of the City of Vernon.
SECTION 3: That the City Council of the City of Vernon
does hereby determine that any effect of said agreement, either
its approval or implementation, is either of a beneficial nature
or so minimal in character that it does not justify any increase
in the compensation of any personnel.
SECTION 4: That the City Council of the City of Vernon
does hereby determine that the recitals contained in said agree-
ment, Exhibit "B" herein, are hereby found and determined to be
true and factual and are made a part of this Resolution in their
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SECTION 5: That the MERR and. the City's negotiating
3 team actions in meeting and conferring with Local 2312 on February
4 15, 1978 are hereby ratified.
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SECTION 6: That the agreement, Exhibit "B" herein, is
6 approved and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to
7 execute said agreement for and on behalf of the City of Vernon.
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SECTION 7: That the City Clerk of the City of Vernon
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shall certify to the passage of this Resolution and thereupon
and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of February,
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of
Resolution No. 4538
Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being
, was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of Vernon, and was approved by the Mayor of said
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City at a regular meeting of the City Council held on
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February 17, 1978
The Honorable City Council
City of Vernon -- City Hall
4305 Santa Fe Avenue
Vernon, California 90058
Re: Meeting and Conferring With Vernon
Fire Fighters' Association, Local
2312, Concerning Effect of Agreement
to Subcontract Paramedic Services on
an Emergency Temporary Basis to
Medevac, Inc.
Mayor Malburg and Honorable Members of the City Council:
I am in receipt of a letter, dated February 11,
1978, addressed to me and City Attorney, David Brearley,
from Richard J. Silber, attorney and chief negotiator for
the above-mentioned employee organization, a copy of which
was mailed by Mr. Silber to the City Council and was, I
understand, placed on the agenda for the City Council
meeting. to beheld on February 22, 1978.
Mr. Silber's letter though dated February 11th,
was not received by me until Thursday, February 15th.
Prior to that date, the Association had been orally ad-
vised that, on February 7th, the City Council of Vernon
had authorized the City Attorney and the City Clerk/Finance
Director to draft an agreement upon terms approved by the
Council for the provision of paramedic services by Medevac
for a temporary periOd of time and on an emergency basis.
EXHIBIT tiA"
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I advised Mr. Silber in our oral conversation concerning
this matter that he would receive formal written notifica-
tion of the Council's action as soon as the minutes of the
meeting of February 7th had been prepared which were not yet
available to me. I also told him that, in my view, this
temporary subcontracting of paramedic services would have
no effect upon the wages, hours or working conditions of
the employees represented by the Association, but that, if
the Association disagreed with this conclusion, I would be
prepared to meet and confer about any such claimed effect.
I explained that the subcontracting would be without any
prejudice to the ongoing general negotiations between the
Association and me and, in particular, without any pre-
judice to the rights of the Association to further meet and
confer about the wages, hours and working conditions of
paramedics to be employed by the Fire Department of the City
if the City should decide to become, again, a provider of
paramedic services. I explained to Mr. Silber that the
opportunity to meet and confer was being afforded to the
Association pursuant to Section 60 of Resolution 4027.
Thereafter, at the request of the Association, a
meeting was arranged between Mr. Silber and other represen-
tatives of the Association and me, as Municipal Employee
Relations Representative of the City, and other City of-
ficials who comprised my negotiating team. The meeting
was held on the morning of February 15th at which time Mr.
Silber handed me a copy of his letter of February 11th (his
mailed copy reached me after the meeting had concluded).
At the meet and confer session, I reiterated the
points made orally to Mr. Silber previously and related
above. I also pointed out that the main objection raised
in Mr. Silber's letter of February 11th -- namely, that
Fire Department personnel would be asked to ride in the
paramedic vehicle with Medevac personnel, was not part of
the agreement proposed to Medevac. I also explained, on
the record, that the meeting was beinq held in response to
the oral request repeated in writing by letter of February
11th to meet and confer on the issue. I did state that I
was only meeting and conferring concerning any contentions
that the proposed Medevac agreement would affect wages,
hours or working conditions and limited any meeting and
conferring to those issues. I also provided the Association
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with a revised copy of the draft of the Medevac agreement
for its information in connection with the meeting and con-
ferring process.
At the conclusion of the meeting, it was the
Association's position, apart from attacking the validity
of any such agreement which is not germane here, that the
Medevac agreement did change wages, hours and working
conditions for employees represented by the Association and
that there should be unspecified substantial additional
compensation for all such Association represented personnel
while the Medevac contract was in effect. My position was
that, particularly after discussing in some detail how
Medevac would operate, there was clearly no adverse effect
on the wages, hours or working conditions of employees re-
presented by the Association and that I could, therefore,
not justify recommending any increase in compensation for
any personnel represented by the Association because of the
services performed by Medevac. I asked the Association
specifically whether if the issue whether the Medevac agree-
ment affects the wages, hours or working conditions of
Association-represented personnel could be put aside, the
Association would be willing to agree that there would be
no additional compensation paid to any employee represented
by the Association as a result of such subcontract. The
Association's answer was unequivocally negative and it made
no counter-proposal except to repeat again that the agree-
ment with Medevac should not be entered into and that, in-
stead, the City should commit itself to become, again, ~
provider of paramedic services. This latter proposal was,
of course, not responsive to the issue for which we were
meeting. The Association's position was, therefore, at the
conclusion of the meeting unequivocally that it was insisting
upon additional compensation if the Medevac agreement was
entered into, while it was my position that there would be
no such additional compensation. Both positions were un-
changeable.
In my view, an impasse was reached as to this
issue at the time or as demoninated in Resolution 4027, a
failure to agree. As stated above, the meeting was held
pursuant to Section 60 of Resolution 4027 in order to give
th. Association an opportunity to meet and confer concerning
a matter which it claimed to be within the scope of repre-
sentation. The meeting was held as expeditiously as possible
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under the circumstances, request for same having been re-
ceived only four (4) working days before the meeting.
I would recommend to the City Council that it re-
solve the failure to agree as follows:
In the event that the City Council should approve
the temporary agreement with Medevac containing substantially
the terms and provisions contained in the document submitted
to the Association on February 15, 1978, the City Council
should further determine that the implementation of such
agreement will not have any adverse effect upon the wages,
hours or workinq conditions of employees in the Fire De-
partment of the City and that, if there is any such effect,
it is either of a beneficial nature or so minimal in character
that it does not justify any increase in the compensation of
any personnel.
I am making the foregoing recommendations with
the assumption that the authorization of the Medevac agree-
ment will in no way preclude or prejudice meeting and con-
ferring with the Association for the terms and conditions
of employment for employees represented by the Association
who would be employed as paramedics in the event the City
should determine to become again a provider of paramedic
services.
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AGREEMENT FOR MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
(MICU) PARM1EDIC SERVICES AND USE OF
VEHICLE EQUIP~ENT AND FACILITIES
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this 21st day
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WHEREAS, the CITY OF VERNON and the Vernon Firefighters
Association, Local 2312, have been engaged in negotiations
concerning a new Memorandum of Understanding which would, in
part, concern itself with the delivery of paramedic services; and
WHEREAS, on June 30, 1977, certain members of the Vernon
Firefighters Association, Local 2312, refused to take the test for
recertification; and
WHEREAS, by reason of the aforementioned action, the
CITY OF VERNON was required to discontinue it's paramedic program
which had been operated by Fire Department personnel; and
WHEREAS, the Vernon Chamber of Commerce has made it
known, on numerous occasions and as recently as January 17, 1978,
that they wish the CITY to institute a paramedic service on an
interim emergency basis because of the need for paramedic
services within the CITY OF VERNON especially in consideration of
the fact that VERNON is primiarily an industrial city and said
service provides a needed and necessary benefit; and
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1 WHEREAS, CITY has a health and safety duty to its
2 inhabitants to provide emergency medical services for persons
3 injured in traffic and other violent accidents, and for incapac-
4 itated persons unable through themselves or their agents to
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1 retained for such MICU Paramedic Ambulance Services as CITY may
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3 WHEREAS, it has been mutually agreed upon that it is
4 desirable to allow MEDEVAC to utilize some of the CITY's
5 equipment and to house their personnel in Vernon Fire Station
6 #3 so as to perform the aforesaid services in a prompt and
7 efficient manner; and
8 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these mutual
9 convenants, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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11 CITY agrees to permit MEDEVAC to lease and occupy,
12 subject to this agreement, space and facilities with Fire
13 Station #3 of the City Fire Department.
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16 MEDEVAC agrees to compensate CITY for the right to
17 occupy space within Station #3, at a nominal rental fee of $1.00
18 per month, payable in advance on the 22nd day of each month.
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21 CITY agrees to permit MEDEVAC to lease and use CITY's
22 paramedic vehicle (License (E) 633712) subject to the following
23 terms and conditions:
24 (a) Said vehicle must be used within the CITY OF
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26 requirement for the CITY OF ,VERNON and may not
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3 (b) MEDEVAC shall attach to the CITY OF VERNON para-
4 medic vehicles sufficient insignia, etc., in
5 conformance with state law and paramedic service
6 requirement at its own expense.
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9 expense of all necessary heavy maintenance and
10 shall supply all necessary gas, oil, and supplies
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13 of said vehicle and for proper servicing of said
14 vehicle when necessary using reasonable care while
15 said vehicle is in their possession. Further,
16 MEDEVAC shall be responsible for all damages to
17 said vehicles caused by it's negligent maintenance
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21 right to lease and use said vehicle at a nominal
22 rate of $1.00 per month payable in advance on the
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26 CITY agrees to permit MEDEVAC to use the CITY's existing
27 paramedic equipment, supplies and inventory which is listed and
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1 reference as though fully set forth at length, and said equipment
2 and paraphernalia must be used and maintained in a good and proper
3 condition while being used and in the possession of MEDEVAC
4 personnel and in the event of any loss or distruction due to
5 negligence, ~mDEVAC will reimburse CITY the reasonable cost of
6 said items. After termination hereof the equipment and supplies
7 will be returned to the CITY or replaced by MEDEVAC.
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10 The term of the agreement shall be from February 22,
11 1978 through and including June 21, 1978. This shall be consid-
12 ered the minimum term of the agreement and neither the CITY nor
13 MEDEVAC will have the right or option to terminate said agreement
14 during said four (4) month period. However, in the event either
15 party wishes to terminate said agreement on June 21, 1978, or
16 thereafter, either party must give the other party a written
17 notice (registered letter) at least thirty (30) days prior to
18 said termination date indicating the intent to terminate. In
19 the event said agreement is not terminated, it shall continue
20 on a month to month basis and all charges and fees shall be
21 applicable on the same basis as provided for herein. However,
22 not withstanding the above, CITY shall have the right to
23 unilaterally terminate said agreement on five (5) days written
24 notice if MEDEVAC is in violation of the L.A. County MICU Rules
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1 vital community services each is providing and will as further
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3 this reference as though fully set forth at length, assist each
4 other in the fulfillment of their mission and responsibilities.
5 The relationship, under this agreement, between MEDEVAC and the
6 CITY Fire Department shall be that of guest and host. MEDEVAC
7 personnel shall be subordinate to the fire station commander on
8 all matters relating to the station maintenance, internal
9 security, training, and drills.
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12 Each MICU paramedic amublance shall be staffed with a
13 driver and an attendant, both of whom shall wear uniforms
14 identifying such persons as employees of MEDEVAC. Both the
15 driver and attendant shall be trained in accordance with the
16 Wedworth-Townsend Paramedic Act and shall be certified by the
17 County of Los Angeles as MICU paramedics. The driver shall, in
18 addition, hold a current valid ambulance driver's certificate
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22 MEDEVAC shall, in each instance of an authorized call,
23 transport the injured party to the nearest available appropriate
24 hospital or emergency medical facility approved under the Los
25 Angeles County emergency aid program; provided, howev~r, that
26 nothing stated herein shall preclude the patient from specifying
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2 MEDEVAC shall furnish said MICU paramedic ambulance
3 service to all places within the CITY's boundaries. In addition,
4 MEDEVAC further agrees to provide backup coverage at strategically
5 located positions during those times when the volume of paramedic
6 responses could reach a peak in any given area of the CITY.
7 Said backup unit must be provided with a ten (10) minute response
8 time for any call within the CITY's boundaries.
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11 MEDEVAC shall furnish and maintain the following
12 policies of insurance:
13 (a) General Liability:
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15 automobile, professional, and general liability
16 coverage. This policy's single limit liability
17 amount shall be not less than Two Million Dollars
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21 A policy of Workmen's Compensation Insurance
22 Covering all its employees shall be in effect or
23 be self-insured with respect to such Workmen's
24 Compensation in accordance with the laws of the
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damages, losses and expenses including attorneys' fees arising
out of or resulting from the performance of the service caused in
4 whole or in part by any negligent act or omission. of MEDEVAC, any
5 subcontractor, anyone directly or indirectly employed by any of
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MEDEVAC shall maintain on file in the office of the
City Clerk at all times a certificate evidencing such insurance
coverage and naming CITY, its officers and employees as an
additional insured, and provided herein that CITY shall receive
thirty (30) days notice prior to any termination, modification,
or cancellation, or any portion or all of the insurance coverage
XIII
MEDEVAC agrees to make provisions for maintaining a
continuing education program for all employed MICU paramedics
as required by the Department of Health Services, County of Los
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MEDEVAC agrees to respond promptly and without delay
on all paramedic calls received by the dispatcher.
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paramedic amublance will be committed to only CITY OF VERNON
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service is unavailable, MEDEVAC will respond with an emergency
ambulance staffed with Emergency Medical Technicians l's (~1T-l)
on any subsequent backup call. At such times when all MEDEVAC
ambulances are unavailable, MEDEVAC agrees to arrange for, at
it's own expense, additional backup from other ambulance companies
However, it is expressly understood that MEDEVAC agrees to
provide a backup unit in accordance with Paragraph IX above and
MEDEVAC must provide evidence of good and sufficient cause if
said service is unavailable. Failure to demonstrate proper cause
shall be sufficient ground at CITY option for immediate terminatio
of this agreement. MEDEVAC further agrees to provide a proper
MICU ambulance in the event the City's paramedic vehicle
(License (E) 633712) is temporarily out of commission for any
reason.
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MEDEVAC agrees to maintain a direct telephone line to
the CITY dispatcher in order to provide an efficient and prompt
response.
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MEDEVAC further agrees to allow CITY officials to
audit and review the operational expenditures incurred in provid-
ing said paramedic services. MEDEVAC agrees that the books and
documents, etc., shall be available to the CITY at any time said
CITY demands for purposes of said audit and that MEDEVAC shall
file financial reports with the CITY in sufficient form and
content as determined necessary by the City Finance Director.
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If the financial reports for the four (4) month period
3 provided for herein for paramedic services in VERNON reflect a
4 net income greater than seven and one-half percent (7 1/2%) of
5 gross income, MEDEVAC agrees to refund excess monies to the CITY.
6 Net income shall mean gross income from paramedic service in
7 VERNON, less taxes and operational expenses attributable to
8 operations in VERNON. For the purposes of a review and audit,
9 contractor will initiate accounting methods which separates
10 said paramedic services in VERNON from contractors entire
11 ambulance business as a whole. Such accounting methods are
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MEDEVAC agrees to provide service under the terms of
this agreement at the same rates as reflected in Los Angeles
County rate Ordinance 5860 as amended for standard ambulance
transportation and related charges. In addition, a $25.00 fee
shall be charged for the use of Telemetry Service.
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MEDEVAC further agrees to provide paramedic stand-by
at all major events or incidences and will respond to any fire
and police incidences and will provide paramedic services to
City employees at no charge to the CITY or the employee.
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2 as deemed necessary by the City's Fire Chief.
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5 In support of said paramedic service, CITY agrees to
6 pay MEDEVAC a monthly service fee in advance in the amount of
7 Ten Thousand Four Hundred Twenty Two Dollars ($10,422.00). The
8 first payment due for said services shall be February 22, 1978.
9 Thereafter, MEDEVAC shall submit a monthly invoice for said
10 services, payment of which shall be acted upon at the first
11 meeting of the City Council occurring at least six (6) days after
12 the receipt of such statement.
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15 However, said service fee shall be reduced by the total
16 amount of Revenue received by MEDEVAC for all services performed
17 pursuant to this agreement. MEDEVAC shall provide CITY's Finance
18 Director a report with said monthly invoices crediting the CITY
19 with the amount of said revenue billed as a deductio8 for the
20 next month's service fee. In any event, it is the express intent
21 to reduce the CITY's service fee by the amount of revenue received
22 by MEDEVAC while performing this agreement. It is anticipated
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24 revenue not otherwise credited to CITY's account.
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and disasters as deemed necessary by CITY's Fire Chief.
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CITY shall continue utilization of its dispatcher for
gathering necessary medical and location information and will
promptly respond paramedic ambulances to the scene of medical
emergency, where the need for such service is anticipated.
XXV
MEDEVAC shall not assign any portion of this agreement
or the services to be rendered thereunder without the written
consent first obtained from the CITY, and any assignment made
contrary to the provisions of this Section shall serve to
terminate this agreement at the option of the CITY and shall
not convey any rights to the assignee.
XXVI
MEDEVAC agrees to equip each of its MICU paramedic
ambulances with specialized equipment approved by the Department
of Health Services, County of Los Angeles. This equipment shall
include but is not limited to electrocardiograph oscilloscope,
defibrillator, portable telemetry, portable suction apparatus,
resuscitator, traction splint, and esophageal airway. However,
it is contemplated that certain of the above indicated equipment
is to be supplied by the CITY OF VERNON pursuant to and listed
on the attached Exhibit "A", however, in the event of a backup
vehicle being utilized in the CITY, said MICU paramed~c vehicle
must be approved by the Department of Health Services, County of
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It is hereby mutually agreed by both parties hereto
5 that certain administrative details as may be desirable or
6 necessary for the implementation of this agreement shall be, if
7 desired, or required by either party hereto, in written form
8 approved by CITY's Attorney and Finance Director and executed on
9 CITY's behalf by CITY's Fire Chief. It is anticipated that such
10 documents, if required, shall take the form of Letters of
11 Administration.
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14 MEDEVAC agrees to be responsible for the filing,
15 accumulation, assimulation and preparation of all MICU required
16 reports and duplicate copies of said reports will be filed with
17 the City's Finance Director.
18 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this
19 agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above
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A Corporation
CITY OF VERNON
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EXHIBIT "A"
INVENTORY
Hare Traction Splint
PowerslBurn Pac & accessories,
P.M.R. Bag Complete with child
and reservoir tubing
Burn Sheets
E & J Lytport #III complete
Spare D bottles - oxygen
Trauma Box complete with:
1 B/P cuff
2 Bottles saline
6 D Units
1 Box Rotating Tourniquets
Handles,Saline carrier
masks & adult masks
4 Kold Pacs
2 Nasal Cannula
3 Coban
1 Syringe
Scoop Stretcher
Flat stretcher
First Aid Kit including: Child's B/P cuff
Adult B/P cuff
1 Airway #3
1 set Electrodes
Stethescope
Rico Fixed Suction Unit
Puritan Compensated Flow Meter
Kits - Assorted Airways - Total 11
Supine Pillow
Syringe
Wrist Splint
Adult E & J Face Masks
25' Extension Hoses (Oxygen)
Kerlix
D Units
Long Arm Boards
Short Arm Boards
Topper sponges (3x3)
Kerlix
D Units
Airless Splints with pump
O.B. Kits
Coban
H Bottle
back board belts
large leg splint
Datascope charging unit
Diocom
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3 The following are items for the implementation of the
4 Paramedic Services contract entered into and between the City
5 of Vernon, a Municipal Corporation of the State of California
6 and Medevac, Inc., a professional Paramedic Service.
7 A. Medevac shall furnish the Fire Chief with a
8 complete list of all certified paramedics to be employed by
9 Medevac in the City of Vernon. This list shall be kept current
10 at all times.
11 B. Medevac shall furnish the Fire Chief with a duty
12 roster, indicating the personnel assigned to the paramedic rescue
13 serving the City of Vernon. The Fire Chief or his authorized
14 representative shall have the authority to verify the duty
15 roster.
16 C. Medevac personnel will work the Vernon Fire Depart-
17 ment work schedule consisting of three twenty-four (24) hour
18 shifts, designated "A" Shift, "B" Shift and "C" Shift.
19 D. Medevac will supply a roster of personnel to work
20 on each shift.
21 E. Working hours are from 0730 hours to 0730 hours
22 the next day.
23 F. Officer or Acting Officers in charge of Station
24 shall be in charge of Paramedics.
25 G. Paramedics and Rescue will be stationed at Vernon
26 Fire Station #3.
27 H. Vernon Fire Department will furnish beds, clothing
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I. Whenever Paramedics are dispatched to emergency
3 incidents where Fire units are working, the Paramedics shall come
4 under the command of the Fire Department Officer or Acting Officer
5 in charge of the incident. It is understood that command does
6 not extend to medical treatment of patient(s).
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J. Medevac personnel will participate in Station
8 care and maintenance which is not related to Fire conditions.
9 Exclusion of these duties shall be at the discretion of the
10 Officer in charge.
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K. Paramedics are responsible for the daily care and
12 maintenance of Rescue Vehicle.
(Not Mechanical)
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14 COMMUNICATIONS PROCEDURE
16 The Vernon Fire Department Dispatcher shall initiate
16 each emergency medical call.
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1. Over paging system with the following response:
18 "Rescue Only" followed with three (3) tones to Stations involved.
19 Will then give address, name of Company and, if possible, type of
20 incident. Receipt of alarm is acknowledged by "Acknowledge"
21 button. These buttons are located in different areas of Station.
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23 direct telephone line of indident.
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25 fied by radio as follows: Three tones - Vernon Rescue 1 -
26 address - Company and type of incident if possible.
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5. Rescue shall acknowledge, "Rescue #1 on the Scene,
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ing patient or enroute to hospital or "Returning to Quarters" if
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hospital.
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reach, this may not be received.
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