§ 12-33. Emergency medical dispatch.

(a)

Any person granted a permit under the provisions of this article shall operate a secondary public safety answering point for the purposes of receiving and processing calls for ambulance service.

(b)

The secondary public safety answering point shall be staffed twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, every day of the year with personnel certified in emergency medical dispatch by the international academies of emergency dispatch.

(c)

The secondary public safety answering point shall process all 9-1-1 calls requesting ambulance service with the medical priority dispatch system as approved by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch. The secondary public safety answering point shall be equipped at a minimum with the following equipment and/or capabilities:

(1)

Computer aided dispatch.

(2)

Medical priority dispatch system card sets and software.

(3)

Arkansas Wireless Information Network (AWIN).

(4)

Real-time ambulance position tracking.

(5)

Emergency battery back-up.

(6)

Emergency back-up generator.

(Ord. No. 9-14, § 2, 1-21-14)