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Groves council raises EMS insurance minimums, sets tiered response penalties
Summary
Council adopted Ordinance 2024-36 to update the city’s EMS code, increasing liability insurance minimums, introducing tiered fines for slow ambulance responses and adding language to allow transport by fire personnel under certain state-authorized circumstances.
Groves adopted an update to its emergency medical services ordinance on Dec. 20 that raises insurance requirements, clarifies transport authority in exigent circumstances and creates tiered penalties for extended ambulance response times.
A regional EMS representative explained the principal changes proposed in Ordinance 2024-36: the minimum liability coverage for a death or injury to one person rises from $500,000 to $1,000,000; coverage for bodily injury or death to…
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