§ 28-10. City and fire district dispatch.

Ambulances owned and operated by cities or fire districts within the county EMS area may utilize their own dispatch systems in coordination with Sonoma County EMS dispatch. All calls not received in a PSAP will be dispatched by Sonoma County EMS dispatch, unless written permission granted through the director of public health allows for an alternate arrangement. Ambulance personnel will maintain communication with EMS dispatch to keep them informed of the call status throughout the call. If EMS dispatch is aware of ambulance resources which are closer to a call than those dispatched by a city or fire district, EMS dispatch may cancel the responding unit and send the closest unit. Cities which do not operate municipal ambulance services receiving EMS calls through their PSAP will transfer the call to EMS dispatch.

(Ord. No. 4386 § 1, 1991.)