Chapter 8.40
TECHNICAL RESCUE AND OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT FEES
Sections:
8.40.020 Ambulance service fees.
8.40.010 Reimbursement.
Any person who requires a technical rescue within the city of Brookfield shall be responsible for the reimbursement of the responding agency, including but not limited to fire service, emergency medical service and law enforcement, for actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their duties under this section.
A. For purposes of this section, actual and necessary expenses shall include any amount over and above the basic costs for services as determined by the current (at the time the service is rendered) Waukesha County mutual aid fee schedule, said services to include but are not limited to:
1. Abatement or cleanup of hazardous material;
2. Cost of equipment operations;
3. Cost of materials utilized, including the replacement of equipment damaged;
4. Costs of third party specialists, experts or contract labor necessary to abate or clean up material or to conduct the rescue;
5. Costs of cleaning, decontaminating and maintaining equipment specific to the incident;
6. Costs of laboratory expenses incurred in recognizing and identifying hazardous material(s) in evaluation of the response, decontamination, cleanup and medical surveillance;
7. Costs for future medical surveillance of response personnel as required by the responding agencies’ medical advisor; and
8. Labor costs such as overtime.
B. Technical rescue refers to those aspects of saving life or property that employ the use of tools and skills that exceed those normally reserved for fire fighting, medical emergency, and rescue that the city of Brookfield fire department is trained and equipped to handle or exceeds their capability. These disciplines include high angle rope rescue, swiftwater rescue, confined space rescue, trench/excavation rescue, and building collapse rescue. (Ord. 2187-09 § 1, 2009)
8.40.020 Ambulance service fees.
A. Ambulance Service. Anyone who receives basic life support, paramedic services, or conveyances from the Fire Department must reimburse the City for those services, supplies and mileage as set forth in the City of Brookfield Fee Schedule. (Ord. 2898-25 § 32, 2025)
8.40.030 Lift assist fees.
A. For the purpose of this section the following terms are defined as follows:
“Lift assist” means the Fire Department assists in lifting individuals that have fallen.
“Nursing home, CBRF and residential care apartment complex” means the same as they are defined in Section 50.01, Wisconsin Statutes, and as amended from time to time.
B. Any nursing home, CBRF or residential care apartment complex that requests a lift assist from the Fire Department for individuals who have fallen must reimburse the City for the lift service provided, even if the individual is not injured, as set forth in the City of Brookfield Fee Schedule. (Ord. 2898-25 § 33, 2025)