http://www.villagelife.com/commentary/letters/edh-fire-service-doesnt-need-radical-change/ El Dorado Hills, California Fri, 17 May 2013 21:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.villagelife.com/commentary/letters/edh-fire-service-doesnt-need-radical-change/#comment-71016 Jim Michaels Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:58:42 +0000 http://www.villagelife.com/?p=25780#comment-71016 an outsider looking in(I live in south Placer County), i just wanted to say that in no way can your fire department in EDH bee compared to the one in Granite Bay. The dept here, which the Petersens use as a comparison model is in no way, shape or form what want your local dept to beccome. In the last 5 years we have had stations closed, engine companies browned out and positions lost. Today South Placer Fire operatess part-time engine companies. This is not amodelof success, we now have to rely on engine companies and ambulances from surrounding departments to pick up our slack, which, results in longer response times and much poorer customer servicE. Thesetwo fire entities are sovastly different that it really does the voters a mis-service to compare them. As a resident served by the spfd i do not wishfor anyone else to have the issues we have. Did anyone mention that its soo bad at South Placer that they have had CAL FIRE look into taking over? I know i am removed from the situation, but,i would hate to see people make their votingday decisions made on mis-information. In my opinion, for what its worth, stay with the fire department you have, downsizing means poorercustomer service, and as the tax-payers paying for that service you should get your money’s worth.

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