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City Plans To Bill Car Insurers For Rescue Costs
October 20, 2005
Maitland will begin charging the insurance companies of drivers who cause automobile accidents in the city when its fire department responds. The City Council unanimously approved the user fee to help defray the cost of responding to car accidents.
Charges will range from $435 to show up and clean up an accident without injuries to $2,100 for cutting someone from a car and setting up a landing zone for helicopter transport. Maitland responds to 275 to 375 automobile accidents annually. Maitland modeled its policy on one Winter Park passed in April. The Winter Park Fire Department billed about $20,000 to insurance companies for accident fees in its first three months, Winter Park fire Chief Jim White said.