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On October 7, 2020, after two hearings at meetings open to the public, Roseville City Council adopted Chapter 9.27 of the Roseville Municipal Code - Emergency Medical Services First Responder Fee.
This code adoption allows the City to collect fees related to the cost of providing emergency medical services that require transportation to the hospital by ambulance for both city residents and nonresidents.
An Emergency Medical Services First Responder Fee, permitted under Roseville Municipal Code chapter 9.27 and State law, is a cost recovery mechanism for first responder paramedic services. Not all cities have firefighters who are also paramedics, as we do in Roseville. This enhanced level of service protects our community to a greater degree.
Emergency Medical Services First responder fees have become an industry standard among cities with this response capability to help offset the cost of the enhanced paramedic level of service provided by engine and truck companies.
It has become an industry standard to help fund the enhanced paramedic level of service provided by engine and truck companies.
The principle rationale for an Emergency Medical Services First Responder Fee is that local government fire department services have expanded well beyond the traditional fire suppression generally supported by tax revenues.
The change in balance from fire suppression to medical services has shifted the rationale for financing fire department operations from primarily property-related taxes to a combination of property taxes and user fees.
Learn more about the Emergency Medical Services First Responder Fee below, including details on the qualifications and application process for the compassionate clause, which includes either a financial payment plan or possible fee waiver.
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