BASIC SERVICES. The EMS provider shall supply personnel, equipment, vehicles and supplies to provide BLS emergency ambulance service and transportation for any person who becomes injured or ill within the Municipality of East Amwell and who requires emergency medical treatment or emergency transport to the hospital. The EMS provider may be called upon to provide said services to persons in neighboring municipalities with whom East Amwell has a mutual aid agreement, if they are available. Basic Life Support ("BLS") is defined as a basic level of pre-hospital care that includes patient stabilization, airway clearance and maintenance, cardiopulmonary resuscitation ("CPR"), hemorrhage control, initial wound care, fracture stabilization, victim extrication and other techniques and procedures approved by the New Jersey Department Health and Senior Services. EMS provider shall provide BLS services without regard to a person's ability to pay for the services. The EMS provider shall provide BLS emergency transport service on a twenty-four (24) hour a day, seven (7) days per week, three hundred sixty-five (365) days per year basis to the closest appropriate medical treatment facility as dictated by the patient's condition. Proposals may include provisions for coverage through mutual aid agreements. II. VEHICLE COVERAGE AND STAFFING. The EMS provider itself or through a designated mutual aid agreement will at a minimum provide sufficient vehicles, personnel and equipment to staff one (1) State of New Jersey Licensed Basic Life Support (BLS) licensed Transport capable, manned ambulances for continuous, twelve (12) hour periods each day, the hours to be determined by the EMS provider based on demand for service. (These times may be adjusted during the contract period based on call volume, but only with coordination and approval of the EMS provider and Township of East Amwell). Each ambulance shall be staffed with at least one (1) and preferably two (2) New Jersey certified emergency medical technicians, CPR certified. Licensed paramedics on staff is a plus. Additionally, the EMS Provider shall provide a duty supervisor who is able to respond to major EMS incidents, fires, OEM incidents or police incidents when requested, within a reasonable response time, to help supervise, coordinate and manage EMS resources for such incidents. The EMS provider shall be licensed by the State of New Jersey, in good standing as an Emergency Medical Service and shall continue to comply with all applicable laws and regulations governing the provision of BLS emergency ambulance services, including but not limited to all employee licensing, training and education requirements.
