City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0011R

• File #: 08-0011R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Non-Emergency Response Policy
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/4/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 7/21/2008
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Non-Emergency Response Policy FOR the purpose of requesting the Chief, Baltimore City Fire Department to explore the feasibility of establishing a Non-Emergency Response Policy to reduce the risk of injuries and death to citizens and emergency response personnel from vehicle collisions and to report the findings to the City Council within 90 days of passage of this Resolution.
• Sponsors: Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, President Young, Bill Henry, Robert Curran, Warren Branch, Helen L. Holton, Sharon Green Middleton, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda Conaway, Agnes Welch, Edward Reisinger, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Non-Emergency, Resolution, Response

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/21/2008	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Recommended Favorably
7/21/2008	0	City Council	Adopted
6/16/2008	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/7/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/4/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
2/4/2008	0	City Council	Assigned

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Rawlings-Blake

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Investigative Hearing - Non-Emergency Response Policy

FOR the purpose of requesting the Chief, Baltimore City Fire Department to explore the feasibility of establishing a Non-Emergency Response Policy to reduce the risk of injuries and death to citizens and emergency response personnel from vehicle collisions and to report the findings to the City Council within 90 days of passage of this Resolution.
Body
Recitals

In Fire Apparatus and Emergency Equipment Magazine, August 2006, it is reported that an increasing number of firefighters in the United States are being killed while responding to or returning from emergencies. According to the National Fire Protection Association, more firefighters were killed during 2003 and 2004 while responding to or returning from emergencies than any other type of duty. In 2003, vehicle collisions claimed the lives of 53 civilians and fire service members. Of these, 70% occurred during an emergency response, according to the National Highway Safety Administration. In 2002, more than 50% of civilian and firefighter fatalities in vehicle collisions occurred while en route or returning from emergency scenes.

Early December 2007, Baltimore City fire Truck 27 responding to an emergency call, collided with a sport utility vehicle at a Northwest Baltimore intersection, killing all 3 occ...