Redlands Municipal Code Art. V Ambulance Personnel

Every person who drives an ambulance within the city, while responding to calls, shall comply with all applicable requirements of state law, including those requirements set forth in the California Administrative Code for ambulance drivers. The driver of an ambulance shall be trained and competent in the proper use of all equipment required by this chapter or other applicable law. The driver shall also hold a certificate of at least an EMT-1A. (Ord. 1987 § 1, 1987: prior code § 29400)

All ambulance attendants shall be trained and competent in the proper use of all equipment required by this chapter, or by other applicable law, and shall hold the required certification of at least an EMT-1A. If the vehicle being used is an emergency service (ALS) ambulance, at least one attendant shall hold a current certificate as an EMT-paramedic (EMT-P) through the local emergency medical authority. (Ord. 1987 § 1, 1987: prior code § 29401)

Each ambulance being operated within the city, in response to an emergency call, shall be staffed by both a driver and attendant holding EMT-1A certification. When there is an MIC-paramedic responding with the ambulance to an emergency call, the MIC-paramedic shall occupy the patient compartment while transporting any person in apparent need of medical attention. In nonemergency calls, the attendant must hold, at a minimum, a current EMT-1A certificate. An ambulance driver or ambulance attendant who is a California licensed physician or an MIC nurse currently certified, shall be exempt from the emergency medical training requirement of this section. This section shall not apply during any state of emergency or local emergency as defined in the Government Code of the state. (Ord. 1987 § 1, 1987: prior code § 29402)

Drivers and attendants shall provide the following:

A. Prior to employment, all drivers and attendants must have a valid DMV physical examination and TB skin test, and chest X-ray if skin test is positive.

B. During employment, have on file with the fire department and police department the following:

1. Fire department:

a. A copy of TB test:

i. If original TB skin test was positive, a yearly chest X-ray is required.

ii. If original TB skin test is negative, a two (2) year TB skin test is required.

b. A record of the level of training and a copy of each current certificate or license, including driver's license, issued by the state, county and local emergency medical authority establishing qualifications of such personnel to be employed in ambulance operations.

2. Police department: A copy of fingerprints. (Ord. 1987 § 1, 1987: prior code § 29403)