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GUIDELINES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE MUTUAL AID PURPOSE The purpose of these Guidelines is to outline basic procedures which will be followed in requesting or responding to calls for mutual aid, DEFINITION OF TERMS MUTUAL AID: the term "mutual aid" refers to a request for assistance from one ambulance service to another, either within one county or across county lines. The need for mutual aid may result from lengthy response times, vehicle breakdown, vehicle shortage, disaster or other circumstances. An emergency call from an individual located in a county outside that in which the responding ambulance service is based may also result in a mutual aid situation if there is doubt about the geopolitical location of the call; or if previously agreed to by both parties. CMED: Central Medical Emergency Dispatch PROVIOER: any organization, company, institution or governmental department which is directly involved, either on a pQid or voluntary basis, in emergency t:'ansportation and/or rescue of the sick and injured. EMS: Emergency Medical Services SINGLE INCIDENT: a specific response or call that cannot be handled effectively by an ambulance service without severely hampering its ability to carry out its other duties or a call where there is doubt about its geopolitical location. DISASTER: a natural or man-made calamity that is likely to cause widespread loss of life and cannot be successfully responded to by the Emergency Medical Services of the county where it is located without severely hampering its ability to respond to the other emergency calls in that county. EMS DIRECTOR/ CHIEF: the individual designated by a county as its primary link to the EHS system; usually a county employee.