The position of paid emergency medical technician
is hereby created, ratified, and confirmed in the Borough of Maywood.
The emergency medical technician may also be referred to as "EMT."
The duties of the paid emergency medical technicians
are as follows:
A. Respond to emergency medical calls during the hours
of employment using the supplies, gear, and equipment of the Borough
and the First Aid and Emergency Squad;
B. Cooperate with the First Aid and Emergency Squad members
while making emergency calls; and
C. Perform any other duties that are assigned by the
Borough Administrator.
Paid emergency medical technicians shall:
A. Adhere to and be governed by all the rules and regulations
established by the Mayor and Council for the performance of the duties
of emergency medical technicians;
B. Comply with all other applicable ordinances, rules
and regulations adopted by the Mayor and Council; and
C. Be governed by all of the contents of the Borough's
administrative manual and employee manual, where applicable.
Paid emergency medical technicians shall not
be a part of nor in any way be deemed members of the Maywood First
Aid and Emergency Squad, unless they volunteer for and are appointed
to the Squad. Nothing shall preclude a paid emergency medical technician
from becoming a member of the First Aid and Emergency Squad.
Each paid emergency medical technician shall
be provided with and shall wear a uniform prescribed by the Mayor
and Council.
Paid emergency medical technicians shall be
employees at will. The Mayor and Council shall have the authority
to summarily dismiss any paid emergency medical technicians for any
reason the Mayor and Council finds sufficient. The Borough Administrator
shall have the authority to discipline paid emergency medical technicians,
including suspensions for up to three days, and to recommend that
the Mayor and Council approve a longer suspension or dismissal, whenever
it is found to be in the best interest of the Borough.
The terms of compensation for the paid emergency
medical technicians shall be as set forth in the Borough's General
Salary Ordinance.