[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by nsantelli

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.

It's also not protected by an IFD. If the IFD is not approved and the county budget become tight because of inflation or a recession that is now predicted to happen, then the VPSD budget could be cut, or worse yet VPSD dissolved into the SCFD (not on my watch!), and then we could be going back to the poor service we had experienced for years. If nothing else, the IFD will protect the ambulance service from tampering by those who may not have the best interest of The Villages residents in mind.