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Spokane Municipal Code

***Note: Many local criminal codes can now be located under Chapter 10.60 SMC while others are now cited under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), which was incorporated into the municipal code in 2022. (See SMC 10.58.010). Code Enforcement, including Noise Control and Animal Regulations are located in Chapters 10.62 through 10.74.

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Chapter 10.47
Section 10.47.120
 

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Division II. License Code

Chapter 10.47 Emergency Medical Transport

Section 10.47.120 Telephone Numbers
  1. 9-1-1.
    1. “9-1-1” is the public telephone number for all emergencies, including medical emergencies of all types, in the City of Spokane.
    1. Any telephone stickers distributed by an ambulance company to non-EMS providers will show “9-l-1” as the only emergency telephone number for medical emergencies.
    1. Ambulance vehicles must show “9-1-1” as the emergency telephone number.
      1. “9 1-1” shall be prominently shown on both sides and the rear of the ambulance, more prominent and observable, and in larger lettering than any seven-digit number displayed.
  1. Seven-Digit Number.

An ambulance company advertising a seven-digit number shall affirmatively state, in lettering as prominent as the number, that it is a non-emergency telephone number.

Date Passed: Monday, June 4, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007

ORD C34041 Section 1 (Recodification)