Guam § 72106 - Fire, Life and Medical Emergency Fund

§ 72106. Fire, Life and Medical Emergency Fund

(‘FLAME’).

(a) Creation of Fire, Life and Medical Emergency Fund

(“FLAME”). There is hereby created the Fire, Life and Medical

Emergency Fund (“FLAME”). Sixty percent (60%) of all monies

deposited within the Fund shall be used for the purchase, critical

maintenance and repair of essential emergency rescue and

firefighting vehicles, emergency life support and medical

equipment, and training for Emergency Medical Technician and

Paramedic certifications. Forty percent (40%) of all monies

deposited within the Fund shall be used to pay for emergency

medical and paramedic certified firefighter salary adjustments

required by 4 GCA § 6223 and § 6231 and 10 GCA § 72105.3.

The Fund shall be under the control of the Guam Fire Department

and the Director of Administration (the Director). The Director

shall administer the Fund and release the necessary monies upon

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request by the Fire Chief for expenditures authorized by this

Section. The Director shall report on a quarterly basis to the

Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guåhan the revenues collected and

expended from this Fund and post the same on the Department’s

website.

(b) Authorization to Collect Fees for Services and Fines. The

Guam Fire Department shall establish, in accordance with the

Administrative Adjudication Law, no later than August 1, 2006, a

schedule of

(1) fees for the following services: non-emergency use

of an ambulance primarily for transportation as opposed to

emergency medical care under circumstances where the

person ordering the same does not reasonably believe that a

bona fide medical emergency condition exists, making

building inspections, or issuing burning permits; and

(2) fines for creating fire hazards, disobeying permit

conditions, failing to correct hazardous conditions reported

as a result of building inspections, or non-compliance with

the Fire Code. All fees and fines collected under such

approved schedule shall be deposited in the Fund.

(c) No Transfer Authority by I Maga’lahen Guåhan. I

Maga’lahen Guåhan may not use his transfer authority to utilize

any monies deposited in the Fund.