Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Council reviews plan to use Emergent Fire for response billing; asks staff to develop fee schedule options
Summary
On Oct. 14 the Highlands City Council heard a presentation from fire-department staff and Emergent Fire representatives about pursuing insurance reimbursement for fire and first-response incidents. Council members signaled tentative support to have staff and the vendor develop potential fee schedules and ordinance language for later consideration.
Highlands City Council members on Oct. 14 heard a presentation on contracting with Emergent Fire, a private response- and first-response billing firm, to pursue insurance reimbursements for fire incidents and related services. The presentation was led by a city staff member identified as Pete and by Britney Fleming of Emergent Fire (also referenced in the meeting as Emergicon/Emergifier), who described how the company would bill insurance carriers on the city’s behalf.
The issue matters because the city currently bears the full cost of many fire and emergency responses. Pete explained that Emergent Fire’s team would handle paperwork, file claims with the responsible parties’ insurance carriers and integrate reporting with the city’s finance system, with no upfront or recurring fees to the city. “And the way they recoup their money is 15% commission rate from all reimbursements…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
