Should the city of Gilroy be paying to have four firefighters
staff each engine, or are three firefighters enough?
THIS WEEK’S WEB POLL:
Should the city of Gilroy be paying to have four firefighters staff each engine, or are three firefighters enough?
Three: 10 Four: 1
â– The national average is 3 per truck, Gilroy should have 3, but then again I doubt the national average for an employee picnic is 13K, so maybe Gilroy is special?
â– NO! Gilroy is one of the few cities that have four on an engine. The city needs to rethink the response methodology. Does a fire engine need to respond to every emergency call? I don’t see the efficiency of both fire engine and ambulance responding to an emergency call.
â– Three! This is just one more taxpayer absorbed consequence of binding arbitration. Gilroy cannot sustain the high salaries and “old world” pensions. Either change or switch to County fire protection services!
â– THREE, until the city’s finances get better.
â– Seems excessive, since most of the calls are medical. When the ambulance staff arrives, that makes six personnel. The larger issue, I believe, is a way to respond to medical emergencies more efficiently.
â– For Gilroy, three is enough. There are only two cities of the 15 in Santa Clara County which budget for four firefighters. There are no high-rise buildings here. What do they need four for? Other emergency staff such as police and EMTs also respond.
â– If you can staff three and still keep the Sunrise Fire Station open all the time I would prefer to do that.
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