Mitigation Rates

The mitigation rates below are average “billing levels”, and are typical for the incident responses listed, however, when a claim is submitted, it will be itemized and based on the actual services provided.

 

Motor Vehicle Incidents

Level 1 - $487.00

Provide hazardous materials assessment and scene stabilization.  This will be the most common “billing level”. This occurs almost every time the fire department responds to an accident/incident.

Level 2 - $554.00

Includes level 1 services as well as clean up and material used (sorbets) for hazardous fluid clean up and disposal. We will bill at this level if the fire department has to clean up any gasoline or other automotive fluids that are spilled as a result of the accident/incident.

Level 3 – Car Fire - $677.00

Provide scene safety, fire suppression, breathing air, rescue tools, hand tools, hose, tip use, foam, structure protection, and clean up gasoline or other automotive fluids that are spilled as a result of the accident/incident.

 

Motor Vehicle Incidents - Add-On Services:

 

Extrication - $1,461.00

Includes heavy rescue tools, ropes, airbags, cribbing, etc. This charge will be added if the fire department has to free/remove anyone from the vehicle(s) using any equipment.  We will not bill at this level if the patient is simply unconscious and fire department is able to open the door to access the patient. This level is to be billed only if equipment is deployed.

 

Creating a Landing Zone - $448.00

Includes Air Care (multi-quint company response, mutual aid and helicopter).  We will bill at this level any time a helicopter landing zone is created and/or is utilized to transport the patient(s).

Itemized Response: The City of Wylie reserves the option to bill each incident as an independent event with custom mitigation rates, for each incident using, itemized rates deemed usual, customary and reasonable (UCR). These incidents will be billed, itemized per apparatus, per personnel, plus products and equipment used.

Additional Time On-Scene

Quint billed at $560 per hour.

Miscellaneous equipment billed at $336.

 

Hazmat

Level 1 - $784.00

Basic Response: Claim will include quint response, first responder assignment, perimeter establishment, evacuations, set-up and command.

Level 2 - $2,800.00

Intermediate Response: Claim will include quint response, first responder assignment, hazmat certified team and appropriate equipment, perimeter establishment, evacuations, set-up and command, Level A and B suit donning, breathing air and detection equipment.  Set-up and removal of decon center.

 

Level 3 - $6,608.00

Advanced Response: Claim will include quint response, first responder assignment, hazmat certified team and appropriate equipment, perimeter establishment, evacuations, first responder set-up and command, Level A and B suit donning, breathing air and detection equipment and robot deployment. Set-up and removal of decon center, detection equipment, recovery and identification of material.  Disposal and environment clean-up. Includes above in addition to any disposal rates of material and contaminated equipment and material used at scene.  Includes 3 hours of on scene time – each additional hour at $336.00 per HAZMAT team.

Additional Time On-Scene (for all levels of service)

Quint billed at $560 per hour.

Miscellaneous equipment billed at $336.

Fire Investigation

Fire Investigation Team - $308.00 per hour

Includes:

• Scene Safety
• Investigation
• Source Identification
• K-9/Arson Dog Unit
• Identification Equipment
• Mobile Detection Unit
• Fire Report

The claim begins when the Fire Investigator responds to the incident and is billed for logged time only.

 

Fires

Assignment - $560.00 per hour, per quint

Includes:

• Scene Safety
• Investigation
• Fire/Hazard Control

This will be the most common “billing level”. This occurs almost every time the fire department responds to an incident.

 

Optional: The Wylie Fire Rescue retains the option to bill each fire as an independent event with custom mitigation rates.

Itemized, per person, as various pay levels and for itemized products use.

Illegal Fires

Assignment - $560.00 per hour, per quint

When a fire is started by any person or persons that requires a fire department response during a time or season when fires are regulated or controlled by local or state rules, provisions or ordinances because of pollution or fire danger concerns, such person or persons will be liable for the fire department response as a cost not to exceed the actual expenses incurred by the fire department to respond and contain the fire. Similarly, if a fire is started where permits are required for such a fire and the permit was not obtained and the fire department is required to respond to contain the fire the responsible party will be liable for the response at a cost not to exceed the actual expenses incurred by the fire department. The actual expenses will include direct labor, equipment costs and any other costs that can be reasonably allocated to the cost of the response.

Special Rescue

Itemized Response: Each incident will be billed with custom mitigation rates deemed usual, customary and reasonable (UCR).  These incidents will be billed, itemized per apparatus per hour, per trained rescue person per hour, plus rescue products used.

Minimum billed $448 for the first response vehicle plus $56 per rescue person. Additional rates of $448 per hour per response vehicle and $56 per hour per rescue person.

Chief Officer Response

This includes the set-up of Command and providing direction of the incident. This could include operations, safety and administration of the incident.

Billed at $280 per hour.

Mitigation Rate Notes

The mitigation rates above are average “billing levels”, and are typical for the incident responses listed, however, when a claim is submitted, it will be itemized and based on actual services provided.

These average mitigation rates were determined by itemizing costs for typical run (from the time a fire apparatus leaves the station until it returns to the station) and are based on actual costs, using amortized schedules for apparatus (including useful life, equipment, repairs and maintenance) and labor rates (an average department’s “actual personnel expense” and not just a firefighter’s basic wage). The actual personnel expense includes costs such as wages, retirement, benefits, workers comp, insurance, etc.