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Public Safety Committee asks for side-by-side emergency-call data comparison from RAA and emergency communications staff
Summary
After a Richmond Ambulance Authority briefing on call-answer and accreditation data, committee members pressed Department of Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response staff for an apples-to-apples comparison; staff were asked to deliver a combined analysis coordinated by Steve Taylor within two weeks.
Chip Decker, chief executive officer of the Richmond Ambulance Authority, presented the authority’s emergency medical dispatch (EMD) compliance and call-answer data and described the RAA’s accreditation status and certain budget figures.
Decker said the Richmond Ambulance Authority is an accredited Center of Excellence by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch and described compliance metrics the IAED tracks. He reported that the RAA’s FY2025 total operating expenses were presented at $26,000,000 and that the city subsidy for RAA was listed at $7,100,000 for the current year.…
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