The city council declares it to be in the public interest, and for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the city and its environs to provide for the highest level of emergency medical services reasonably practicable. The city council finds it to be in the public interest to provide for the inspection, regulation and control of emergency medical services to achieve high standards and thereby to eliminate inadequate, improper and harmful practices that may endanger the health and safety of the people. (Ord. 4679 § 1, 1994; 1961 code § 5.17.010.)