EDITORIAL : FIRED UP; THE CITY RESPONDED TO CALL FOR BETTER FIRE AND PARAMEDIC SERVICE IN THE VALLEY. WELL DONE.MAYOR Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. and Los Angeles Fire Chief Bill Bamattre listened to the hue and cry hue and cry, formerly, in English law, pursuit of a criminal immediately after he had committed a felony. Whoever witnessed or discovered the crime was required to raise the hue and cry against the perpetrator (e.g. from the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. asking for more responsive service. They listened, and then they responded to make sure the Valley gets a fairer share of fire services. New resources in the Valley include an aerial ladder truck, six basic life-support ambulances, seven paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic ambulances, and the creation of a full-time urban search and rescue The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. unit. In order to provide personnel for the additional ambulances, the department is reducing staffing elsewhere. Through redeployment re·de·ploy tr.v. re·de·ployed, re·de·ploy·ing, re·de·ploys 1. To move (military forces) from one combat zone to another. 2. , Bamattre said, fire officials hope to improve response time so they are at the scene within five minutes 90 percent of the time. A Daily News series in October 1996 showed the Valley was not getting its fair return on its tax dollars in services. There are 1.58 fire stations for every 10 square miles in the Valley, compared with 2.59 stations for every 10 square miles in the rest of the city. Because stations are farther apart in the Valley, it takes paramedics on average 7.6 minutes to get to most Valley emergencies, compared with a response time of 7.2 minutes in the rest of the city. The situation was worse for homes located in Valley mountainous areas - 8.3 minutes compared to 6.9 minutes in hilly city neighborhoods. Riordan and Bamattre worked to rectify that inequity. They are to be commended for making the Valley a safer place to live. |
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