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• • • -3- III. STANDARDS REQUIRED FOR AMBULANCES AND ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT Contractor covenants and agrees to furnish at his own expense ambulances and accessory equipment which comply with the following standards: (1) A total of not less than two (2) ambulances shall be fur- nished by the Contractor twenty-four (24) hours a day, within the city limits of the City of La Porte, Texas. Provided, that said two (2) ambulance requirements shall not apply, when either or both of said units are engaged in providing emergency ambulance service to a point or points as contemplated within the contract area, said contract area specified in paragraph XIII. One of said _ units may be on call at a backup location within the City of La Porte upon dispatch of the initial unit required to be maintained within the City of La Porte. Each vehicle must have a patient capacity of not less than two (2) patients. (2) All ambulances must be inspected and approved by the Chief of Police of the City of La Porte and must be of a type and design suitable for transporting injured persons. Said vehicles shall be at all times in a state of good mechan- ical repair and shall be equipped with tires in good con- dition and not showing unusual wear. (3) All such ambulances must be distinctly marked, showing the name of the Contractor providing service. (4) All such ambulances must be licensed as emergency vehicles in compliance with Article 4590-b of the Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas, and amendments thereto, and in compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the State Board of Health. Each such ambulance shall.be manned by two persons, attendant and driver. The driver shall • have a valid chauffeur's license issued by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, and an Emergency Care Attendant (Class B) certificate issued by the State Board of Health in compliance with Section 3, Article 4590-b, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. The attendant shall be a state registered Emergency Medical Technician (Class A). (5) Each ambulance shall be equipped with a siren and red light in good working condition. (6) (a) Each ambulance shall be equipped with a two-way radio which transmits and receives on frequencies designated for use by the City of La Porte. • (b) Radios will be operated on City of La Porte local government frequency - 155.625 megacycles, or such other frequency which the City may designate. (c) The radios will be purchased by the City and will be leased to Contractor for a period to coincide with ..L 3