(a) Whenever the County Health Officer or his or her designee determines that ambulance resources within the County are inadequate to respond to a County emergency/disaster, a request for emergency ambulance mutual aid may be made to any County Health Officer or his or her designee within any county of the state or adjoining states. Whenever the County Health Officer or his or her designee receives a request involving emergency ambulance mutual aid from any County Health Officer or his designee, such resources shall be provided as are available.
(b) Where a permittee needs additional equipment or personnel beyond that which he or she is usually able to supply, he or she shall request such additional resources from adjacent area providers within the County who shall provide such resources as are available, except when the adjacent provider determines that such mutual aid would unreasonably remove adequate transportation equipment from the adjacent provider permitted area.
(c) Whenever the County Health Officer or his or her designee determines that ambulance resources within an operating area are inadequate or nonexistent because the ambulance service’s permit has either been suspended, revoked or not renewed, then the Health Officer or his or her designee may order another permittee to provide service in the operating area until a permanent provider can be selected. In such instance the EMCC shall be notified, and the problem shall be acted upon by the EMCC. No permittee shall be required to service the vacated area for more than 30 days during which time the Health Officer shall attempt to obtain the service of another provider.
