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Originally Posted by Altavia
Thanks for the background and explainations.
This is more than just the money. Having a neighbor recently die of a heart attack waiting over 20 min for ambulance illustrates the need for improvement of our services..
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The Ambulance service has already been improved. As of October 1, the Blue ambulances run by contractors are gone. Service now provided by VFD. A neighbor fell off a ladder last week. A brand new, fire engine red ambulance, manned by experienced VFD medical personnel arrived in less than 5 minutes. A fire engine with additional medical personnel arrived 1 minute later. Before Oct 1, a fire engine would always arrive before the ambulance. Why - because fire engines are stationed at each fire house and were closer. Now ambulances are also located at the fire stations.
Please reread the above post. The new and improved ambulance service, which has been up and running for over two weeks is NOT dependent upon the IFD.