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Richmond Ambulance Authority warns of fleet shortfall after promised capital funding appears missing
Summary
The RAA CEO told the committee the authority faces a possible 30% cut to expected capital subsidy for ambulances, three-year lead times to order vehicles and a projected 26% price increase; the committee requested documentation from the CAO on prior funding commitments within two weeks.
Chip Decker, chief executive officer of the Richmond Ambulance Authority, told the Public Safety Standing Committee on Nov. 1 that the authority faces an urgent capital and operational risk if promised funding for ambulance replacements is not provided.
Decker said the authority responded to 6,408 calls in September and that it is "pretty much full staff" for paramedics but has seven EMT vacancies and a cadet program wait list of about 135 people. He said hospital "wall time" 94 the interval between ambulance arrival and patient transfer 94 averaged just over 42 minutes in recent data, limiting ambulance…
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