§ 34-372. Response times.

(a)

Ambulance response. An ambulance or an advanced life support unit, as defined by regulation, shall have a response time standard for life threatening emergencies of nine minutes or less for 90 percent of those incidents on a city-wide basis and of nine minutes or less for 85 percent of those incidents in each ambulance response district, measured for a three-month running calendar period.

(b)

Ambulance response districts. For the purposes of this section, the city shall be divided into four ambulance response districts. The first district shall include generally all of that portion of the city lying north of the Missouri River, the second district shall include generally all of that portion of the city lying west of Prospect Avenue and north of Gregory Boulevard, the third district shall include generally all of that portion of the city lying east of Prospect Avenue and north of Gregory Boulevard and the fourth district shall include generally all of that portion of the city lying south of Gregory Boulevard.

(c)

Emergency responder. A basic or advanced life support unit, as defined by regulation, shall have a response time standard for life threatening emergencies of six minutes or less for 85 percent of those incidents on a city-wide basis.

(Ord. No. 071380, § 1, 12-13-07; Ord. No. 100122, § 1, 2-25-10)