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Richmond Ambulance Authority raises alarm about missing capital subsidy and ambulance lead times
Summary
Chip Decker, CEO of the Richmond Ambulance Authority, told the Public Safety Standing Committee that a $3.1 million capital subsidy for ambulances may not have been encumbered, risking a roughly 30% reduction in expected funds and jeopardizing ambulance orders that have multi‑year lead times.
Chip Decker, CEO of the Richmond Ambulance Authority, told the Public Safety Standing Committee that capital funding the authority expected for ambulance replacements may not have been captured in the administration’s vehicle budget, creating an urgent funding gap that could force the authority to delay or lose ambulance orders with long lead times.
Decker said the authority is “pretty much full staff” for paramedics but has several EMT vacancies and a cadet waiting list of about 135 people; his immediate constraint is vehicles. He said the authority responded to 6,408 calls in September and that average “wall time” at…
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