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First Responder ALS Agreement Page 2 Rev. 01/12/00 2.1.1 Section 2. TERM This Agreement shall be in effect for a period commencing January 1, 2000, and continuing until June 30, 2004, unless terminated earlier in accordance with this Agreement. Section 3. DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section. 3.1 Advanced Life Support (ALS) - Special services designed to provide definitive prehospital emergency medical care as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1797.52, 3.2 ALCO-CMED - The facility designated by the COUNTY as the central communications Center from which EMS requests may be processed and routed to the CONTRACTOR. 3.3 Ambulance - Any motor vehicle equipped with facilities to convey infirm or injured persons in a reclining position and licensed as an ambulance by the California Highway Patrol. 3.4 Ambulance Unit -An ambulance staffed with qualified personnel and equipped with appropriate medical equipment and supplies. 3.5 Base Hospital, Physician - A physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of California and approved as a. Base Hospital Physician by the Medical Director, and knowledgeable in the medical protocols, radio procedure and general operating policies of the County EMS system, and a person from whom paramedics may take medical direction by radio or other remote communications device. 3.6 Basic Life Support (BLS} - as defined in Health and Safety Code Section 1797.60. 3.7 Computer-Aid~d Dispatch or CAD -Computer-Aided Dispatch system consisting of associated hardware and software to facilitate call taking, unit selection, resource dispatch and deployment, event time stamping, creation and real time maintenance of incident database, and Management Information System. 3.8 Contract Administrator - An agent of the COUNTY designated by the Director of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency. 3.9 Emergency -Any sudden or serious illness or injury requiring immediate medical or psychiatric attention under circumstances that a delay in providing such services may aggravate the medical condition or cause the loss of life. 3.10 Emergency Medical Technician - I or EMT-I - Personnel as defined in the Health and Safety Code Section 1797.80. 3.11 First Responder -A fire department vehicle, police vehicle with personnel capable of providing necessary pre-hospital care.