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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Jason Shrauger, Fire Chief
Chris Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Bozeman Fire Department - American Medical Response Safety-Net Agreement
MEETING DATE: March 24, 2014
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to sign the Safety-Net and Back-
up Ambulance Services Agreement as revised, reviewed and approved by the City Attorney.
BACKGROUND: The Bozeman Fire Department provides advanced life support non-transport
services within the city limits and co-responds with American Medical Response (AMR) to most
emergency medical calls within the city limits. Patient transport services for the city and most of the
valley floor are provided by AMR. As the call volume in the city and county has increased, AMR has
added additional staff and ambulances but sometimes, because of concurrent call activity in its service
area, cannot immediately respond to calls in the city. During these times of system overload, AMR has
relied on Central Valley Fire District to respond with their ambulance. The delay caused when this occurs
has been a continual topic of discussion which has resulted in the Safety-Net and Back-up Ambulance
Services Agreement attached to this memorandum for your consideration. Through this agreement AMR
will provide the fire department with a fully stocked ambulance for use by city fire personnel to transport
patients within the city when AMR is unable to do so because of other emergency activity. Additionally,
the fire department, with AMR’s concurrence, will be able to provide standby services at special events
when AMR is unable to provide those services. This contract has been in service since September 2006.
This document has been revised from previous versions of the contract by the City Attorney to more
appropriately address the liability and legal concerns of the City of Bozeman. This agreement is
retroactive back to 9-1-2013 due to the review process it went through by both parties. AMR
representatives have already signed the agreement.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
FISCAL EFFECTS: All costs associated with transport and/or authorized standby services will
be reimbursed by AMR to the City of Bozeman under this agreement.
Attachments: 2013 Safety-Net Agreement
Report compiled on: March 14, 2014
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