Rescue.co Membership Terms and Conditions
We know that terms & conditions can often be confusing, so just like our services - we’ve
tried to make ours easy to use and understand. By calling our dispatch center, or
messaging rescue.co dispatch services via chat, whatsapp or sms, regardless of your
Membership or Customer status, you agree to these terms and conditions.
About
The following Terms and Conditions apply to rescue.co’s Membership which is provided
by Rescue Connect Ltd (hereinafter known as rescue.co) of P.O. Box 2578, Nairobi Kenya
00606 (PVT|2016|012206).
Eligibility
Here are the situations in which you can access rescue.co services:
1. If you’re a Member subscribed to, or included in, a contract for one of the services
provided by us.
2. If you are a dependent or part of a household of a Member with a current, valid
membership.
3. Your membership or contract subscription is valid and not expired.
4. Anybody who calls for assistance during an ongoing emergency, who is either a
Member or Customer who agrees to pay premium one-off fees for rescue.co and
rescue.co affiliated partner services, where services are not already included in a
valid Membership.
5. For avoidance of doubt, a household comprises of a member, their spouse and
children and any domestic worker or family member who habitually resides at
the member’s household.
Geographic Scope
You can only receive rescue.co services that you’re eligible for within Kenya. We cannot
assure you of services beyond Kenya or in areas where service provision is impossible,
reasonably impractical, or unsafe, including without limitation geographical remoteness,
war (whether declared or undeclared), civil or other hostilities, or political unrest.
Payment of Membership Fee
1. Only Memberships that have been paid in full will receive rescue.co services.
2. In case you exhaust the callouts you have during your membership or need
services that fall under Exceptions, you will have to pay for the services in
advance.
3. The Membership Fee, once paid, is non-refundable.
4. You cannot transfer Membership.
Program Limitations
1. The ground ambulance membership has a maximum of two (2) ground
ambulance interventions, per household, per year within Kenya.
2. Any ground ambulance evacuation exceeding 30 KMs shall be billed an extra
charge of KES.250 per extra kilometer.
3. We currently work with an average SLA of 15 minutes in urban areas and 25
minutes in rural areas.
4. Services provided under this Program come into effect 48 hours after completion
of the Membership Submission and payment of the Membership Fee.
Exceptions
1. If rescue.co cannot verify you as a Member, then you will not have access to the
service.
2. More than the designated number of interventions or maximum expenditure per
household per annum under each package during the year.
3. Any cost or expense that is not covered by the relevant Membership package and
not approved in advance and in writing by rescue.co and/or not arranged by
rescue.co.
4. Any event occurring outside of Kenya.
5. Any expense related to a Member engaging in or attempting to commit an
unlawful act.
6. Any expense related to a Member participating in civil unrest, terrorist or militia
activity.
7. Any expense incurred as a result of the Member engaging in active service in the
armed forces or police of any nation; active participation in war (whether
declared or not), invasion, the act of a foreign enemy, hostilities, terrorist,
counter-terrorism, civil war, rebellion, riot, revolution or insurrection.
We will always attempt to assist Members on a fee-for-service basis for Interventions
falling under these Exceptions as long as the Member agrees to pay the additional fees.
Our Non-Member Fees for Service are as follows:-
● Basic Life Support Ambulance - Kes. 25,000 per ambulance callout.
● Advanced Life Support Ambulance - Kes. 54,000 per ambulance callout.
Cancellation or No-Show of Member
If you call upon rescue.co for response to an emergency and you are not found on the
scene or decide to not be evacuated or assisted, this will be counted as an intervention.
General Provisions
Indemnication
The Member agrees to compensate, defend and hold rescue.co, its subsidiaries, and
affiliates, and their respective directors, officers and employees, harmless from and
against any and all claims, suits, actions, proceedings, or liabilities of any kind, including
reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses, arising out of your wrongful conduct, omission
or fault.
Force Majeure
rescue.co shall not be liable for failure to provide services and/or delays caused by acts of
God, strikes, or conditions beyond its control, including but not limited to, road
conditions or disruption of services by local laws, regulators or regulatory agencies.
rescue.co shall notify you of any circumstance likely to cause service disruption as soon
as possible.
Conduct of Others
rescue.co will not be responsible for any loss resulting from any advice given, services
provided or any acts or omissions of any service provider including, providers of medical
services, security, towing services, information services and transportation and logistics
services, and any medical facilities who are referred by rescue.co unless it is rescue.co’s
negligent acts or omissions, or willful misconduct.
Consequential Damages
rescue.co is not liable for any kind of loss, damages, costs, charges, fees or expenses,
including loss of prots, loss of income, loss of business or loss of use.
Time Limitations
Any and all legal actions and claims that come up under this Program shall be barred
unless written notice is received by rescue.co within one (1) year of the date of the event
that caused the action or claim.
Other Limitations
The services are compiled from sources that rescue.co considers to be reliable or are
expressions of opinion from its Emergency Service Providers. rescue.co has made
reasonable commercial efforts to ensure the accuracy of the information, based on
reasonable judgment of circumstances at the time.
These Terms and Conditions are between you, the Member, and rescue.co. They do not
involve or imply any third parties are involved or have rights to rescue.co services.
Fraudulent Statement
Any fraud, misstatement, or concealing of information - in any communications with our
dispatch centre staff or our affiliated partners, during the sign up or subscription process,
or during an emergency - by the Member, Customer, or any persons receiving services
from rescue.co dispatch or one of our service provider partners, will render the Program
null and void, you will not have access to any benets and services, and you will be liable
for any damage or harm incurred during the service or interaction with rescue.co or any
rescue.co affiliated partner.
Authorization
rescue.co may require you and/or your immediate family to use written authorization
and releases prior to providing services.
Third Party Acts (Subrogation)
rescue.co has every right to bring a claim against a third party that caused rescue.co to
provide Rescue.co services.
Amendment
rescue.co can change these Terms and Conditions at any time and will provide written
notice. The change will apply 7 days from the date of the written notice.
Relationship
The relationship shall be that of an independent contractor; not a relationship of
employment, partnership, or joint venture, between you, the Member, and rescue.co.
Neither the Member or rescue.co can act on behalf of the other.
The Membership is not a contract of insurance nor is a rescue.co a duciary services
provider or any other type of health plan, insurance administrator or financial services
provider or agent of such.
Dispute Resolution
Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection to this Agreement, or
breach, termination or invalidity thereof shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with
the Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration Rules. The costs of arbitration (including
fees and expenses of the arbitrators) shall be shared equally between Rescue.co and the
Customer. Disputes, if any, should be resolved as follows: (Step 1) By senior management
of the Company and the Member/Customer, (Step 2) Failing Step 1, by arbitrator or
arbitration panel agreed on by both parties or as specied in these terms and conditions;
(Step 3) Failing Step 2, by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Governing Law
This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by Kenyan law.
Notice
All notices shall be given to rescue.co or the Member at the addresses in these terms and
conditions. Digital and soft copy notices and signatures are acceptable.
Medical Condentiality and Data Protection
Rescue.co shall treat all details of personal medical records obtained through the
performance of the emergency response service with strict condentiality. We shall store
and transfer such data in accordance with applicable laws and our privacy policy, a copy
of which can be found at rescue.co/privacy. You may only receive such personal medical
records in accordance with all applicable data protection and privacy laws and to
similarly agree to handle such information in accordance with applicable data protection
and privacy laws. You have the right to access any of your personal data and medical
records by written consent to the email in this document. Unless there is a legitimate and
legal reason for retaining call transcripts or service records, communication transcripts or
information, you have the right to request the complete deletion of your personal and
medical records. There will be no right of access to personal medical records by external
parties unless there is a reasonable and legitimate requirement to do so to prevent harm
during an ongoing emergency, or with the member’s explicit written consent or by a
court order. In relation to data protection, we shall process and transfer the members’
personal data in accordance with the relevant legislation and we shall comply with the
rights of the individuals to whom the provision of the emergency response services
relates.
Communication consent
By signing up for a rescue.co Membership on the rescue.co website, in person, over the
phone, or through one of our integrated partner applications, or by requesting rescue.co
emergency services as a Customer, you consent to receiving - via email, WhatsApp, and
SMS to the email and phone numbers that you share with rescue.co - authorization
tokens, membership and payment-related communications (e.g. payment failure,
membership renewal notications), and emergency communications occurring during, or
in regards to, an ongoing or recently serviced medical or roadside emergency. We will
never share your contact information externally or send unsolicited communications
unrelated to membership services, payment processing, login assistance and those related
to an ongoing or recently serviced emergency. By calling any of the rescue.co emergency
dispatch hotlines, you consent to being recorded for the purposes of quality control
monitoring, emergency record keeping, and service improvement.
Definitions
Member means the person or persons designated as Members on the Membership
Submission
Membership Fees mean the fee for subscription to the Membership.
Memberships Submission means all information provided by the Member(s) during
enrollment and renewal of the Membership.
Customer means any member, subscriber, person intending to or attempting to subscribe
to rescue.co services, any persons who have requested or benefited from rescue.co paid
services including but not limited to membership subscription, service
contracts, event standby contracts, or one-off emergency response services conducted by
rescue.co or any of our affiliated partners.. It includes anybody who calls rescue.co
dispatch to request emergency assistance or services.
Privacy Policy means the policy which describes how rescue.co collects, uses, stores,
discloses information which may be provided to rescue.co by a Member or other party, a
copy of which can be found at rescue.co/privacy.
Term means the term specied in the Membership Submission. This is generally 1 year of
service from the date of sign-up.
Rescue Connect Limited
PVT|2016|012206
PO Box 2578, Nairobi Kenya 00606 info@rescue.co
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