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Utah city to charge residents for ‘unnecessary’ ambulance calls

$100 fee for first-aid-only calls which do not result in a transport

By Janelle Hyatt
Standard-Examiner

BRIGHAM CITY, Utah — Residents who request a visit by a city ambulance but don’t end up being transported to the hospital soon will be required to pay a $100 fee.

The city council has approved the emergency management fee to cover the city’s costs of dispatching the EMTs and their highly specialized vehicles.

“We have to ensure the taxpayers are given those services, and we’ve taken every opportunity to offset those expenses,” said Jim Buchanan, the city’s emergency management director. The fee takes effect July 1.

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