Comments on: EMS Report Finds North Escambia Problem, Commission Discusses Solutions

By: Centuryresident

Centuryresident — Tue, 14 May 2019 13:24:11 +0000

If it was only the Century or Walnut hill unit getting stuck down there that would be understandable. But when you move BOTH of those units to Ensley like they did Saturday morning and keeping both of them down there all day that is not acceptable. You’re counting on Ambulance coverage from others Towns to cover calls in Century if they are on any in there own area. And the wait times on that unit getting there on a heart attack or stroke may have bad outcomes for the person needing them.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Sat, 11 May 2019 15:09:56 +0000

Waiting for someone to come up with another gas tax like the tax ECAT got because that business also was not self suffecent or self supporting in revenue
Le t s fig u re out which item I s going to be taxed in this county because no one is over anything concerning TRAINED supposedly people getting paid for not being qualified except in falsified documents.

By: Jeff Beregosh

Jeff Beregosh — Sat, 11 May 2019 14:48:30 +0000

Wanda–absolutely. God bless all men and women that volunteer–did not mean that as a slight in any way. I am appreciative of everybody that volunteers in the county to serve their fellow citizens.

By: Jones

Jones — Sat, 11 May 2019 00:32:04 +0000

I have spent the last two months researching the fire service and EMS service. Mr demeter, I do not know what your credentials are, but staffing an apparatus with two is not responsible. You can not perform an effective rescue ornput out the fire with two firemen. If the ambulance is on a call there will not be additional personnel arriving. I lived in northern Arizona for a few years and the city I lived in got sued for that exact issue. They violated the two in two out rule too many times due to lack of staffing. Wanda, volunteers are important, but if you have a heart attack or your house is on fire it is definitely the seconds and minutes that count. Volunteers may eventually show up, but it takes additional time which you or your family may not have to get out of the house or get somebody back from the brink of death. This is not the 70’s and 80’s anymore when people could leave their jobs and run calls. One of the articles stated that this is a national trend, we are not immune to that. Also how can 1/8 of the property taxes pay for service of 2/3 of the county? There’s a lot less revenue coming in from northescambia then there is from the south end. We’re lucky they dont charge us more to keep ambulances, fire trucks, deputies, and the road department in our neck of the woods. If we want the same level of quick guaranteed response we’ll have to suck it up and pull out our wallets. Ms Kilgore said it best: “you get what you pay for!”

By: Steve Demeter

Steve Demeter — Fri, 10 May 2019 23:33:21 +0000

Cross train EMT’s and paramedics as firefighters. Reduce staffing to 2 on each fire apparatus. Staff more ambulances with cross trained firefighters and EMT’s from existing engines that are staffed with 4.. Run as two piece company. Fire comes in one ambulance is paired with an engine for staff of 4 cross trained firefighter/ medics or firefighter /EMT’s.. Saves costs of staffing more apparatus puts more personnel responding to calls. Probably not popular with union. But would help increase service with no increasing taxes.

By: SLIM JIM

SLIM JIM — Fri, 10 May 2019 18:53:40 +0000

AMEN WANDA

By: Wanda Mager

Wanda Mager — Fri, 10 May 2019 17:43:08 +0000

#1. Women also are volunteer firefighters. God bless those women too please!
#2. Beulah area is south of Interstate. District 1. That doesn’t help North End Escambia County which is over 2/3 of the whole county. If it were not for our volunteers we would never make it out alive. I am very Thankful the volunteer fire department always shows up quickly and prepares the ambulance for transport.
Our County EMS needs to do better for us. We should not solely rely on “healthy” volunteer service. Nor should our budget be given less financial assistance for District 5 just because we try to take care of ourselves.