Eastchester FD Issues

**demps121** · April 8, 2004

EFD does about 3500 runs a year about 45% are EMS runs

Edited August 6, 2014 by demps121

**barbosa10** · May 2, 2007

Doesn't Greenville ladder 4 provide mutual aid as well?

Edited August 6, 2014 by barbosa10

**WCFCX613** · December 6, 2010

I agree it's not an apples to apples comparison. I'm not 100% sure what he's talking abut but The Villages has a large stand alone department that is not run by Rural Metro and is an IAFF local, I believe the same is true for the County Fire Rescue.

YES, The Villages, Florida Public Safety Department Is IAFF Local 3990 And The Department's Members Are ALL Paid Fair Salaries And Benefits. In Addition, The Villages Runs & Finances The Villages Charter Schools ( Pre-K Thru High School ) For ALL That Work In The Villages, It Is One Of The Highest-Rated Districts In Florida, 96% Of It's Graduates Go On To Higher Education And MANY Return To Work In Or Around The Villages. Our Water Department, Sewer Department And Garbage Collection Are Run By A Private Contractor And Our Current Form Of Government Does NOT Need Mayor, City Manager And Council People Making Outrageous Salaries With Benefits. We Have Eleven (11) Community Development Districts With Elected Officials That Serve For FREE Because They Are Proud Of Our Community And It's Management. The Days Of 100k Firefighter Salaries And Too Many 150k Chiefs Is On It's Way Out In Westchester, The Taxpayers Can NO LONGER Handle This Tax Burden Folks !!!!!!!!!!

**mfc2257** · January 6, 2004

With regard to The Villages.... Apples to Elephants comparison....

For fire protection it is an IAFF local. For EMS, for about a decade ending in 2011 Lake/Sumter EMS (Lake County, FL and Sumter County, FL) provided EMS as a bi-county municipal entity. In 2011 Sumter County opted out of the bi-county agreement that established Lake/Sumter EMS and contracted with Rural Metro. Lake County decided that the previous model was still efficient and merely removed the Sumter half of the logos from the rigs and went on operating as is.... This is an apples to watermelons comparison with regard to anything in Westchester....

The Rural Metro has the contract for ALL of Sumter County which is 580/sq miles and has a population of 101,600. Within Sumter County, 51,500 of the 101,600 residents are located within The Villages which is 5.5sq miles which includes the hospital of choice for transporting within Sumter County. So R/M gets a major economy of scale. A contract for 101,000 folks where nearly half of them (the half that are most likely to have medical issues and who ALL have Medicare as their reliable healthcare payor source) are living in a 5.5sq mile area with a hospital right down the road. Lesson here.... You've got a captive group of folks who all have a reliable means of reimbursing an ambulance service making up half the lives that are covered in the County contract all living within spitting distance of each other AND the hospital. NO BRAINER.

Eastchester you might say is very similar... 32,500 residents in 5sq miles with a hospital nearby. Thats where the similarities end. R/M doesn't have the contract for ALL of Westchester County nor will they ever get it. So if R/M goes it alone in Eastchester they have no economy of scale, the median age is is 40 years old vs. 66 years old in the Villages and thus the payor mix for reimbursement is going to be vastly different than it is for the Villages where everyone has coverage and work will be consistent to say the least.. Lesson here... EMS in Eastchester is NOTHING like EMS in The Villages AND.... Rural Metro doesn't do a good job of running fire departments in heavily populated areas. They currently have Fire Contracts for Pima, Pinal, and Yuma County Arizona whose population density ranges from 36 people/sq mile to 107 people/sq mile. Their other two fire contracts are for Knox County, TN at 751P/sq mile and Josaphine County, OR at 50P/sq mile. Eastchester has a population density of 6,500P/sq mile and Westchester County as a hole has a population density of 2200P/sq mile. Providing fire protection in Westchester, especially Southern Westchester is NOTHING like Sumter County Florida where the County covers most of the unincorporated areas with an IAFF local and the Villages has a stand alone IAFF department.

**efdac** · April 2, 2005

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Edited August 6, 2014 by efdac

**WCFCX613** · December 6, 2010

Villages Public Safety Department calls have jumped by 20 percent

February 24, 2014 By Meta Minton 15 Comments

Call volume for the Villages Public Safety Department jumped by more than 20 percent in the past year.

The public safety department responded to 14,981 calls between Oct. 1, 2012 through Sept. 30, 2013, according to an annual report.

The bulk of the call volume was for medical-related events and accounted for 62.22 percent of the responses.

There were 2,580 more calls to the Villages Public Safety Department than the previous year.

There were 161 “haz-mat” calls for gasoline leaks, natural gas leaks and chemical spills.

Six calls were to remove people from stalled or inoperable elevators.

The department tested 6,739 fire hydrants and taught cardiopulmonary resuscitation classes to 2,191 people.

The department had a budget of $10.432 million dollars of which $6.749 million went toward salaries and benefits for employees.

The Villages Public Safety Department now has seven stations with a full-time staff of 92.

**WCFCX613** · December 6, 2010