Retooling the embattled Los Angeles Fire Department, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed a new data director, recruited a veteran commissioner and requested six new ambulances to ease worries about emergency response times.
The department shake-up comes after the LAFD was hammered by City Council members and the firefighters union this week, first for failing to correctly report response times during last year's budget meetings, and then for suddenly refusing to release public information about emergencies.
Villaraigosa also asked the council to approve adding six ambulances at a cost of $2 million a year taken from the city's reserve fund, normally saved for emergencies.
Full Story: http://www.ems1.com/ambulances-emergency-vehicles/articles/1260417-Mayor-requests-more-ambulances-to-ease-concerns-about-LAFD/
The department shake-up comes after the LAFD was hammered by City Council members and the firefighters union this week, first for failing to correctly report response times during last year's budget meetings, and then for suddenly refusing to release public information about emergencies.
Villaraigosa also asked the council to approve adding six ambulances at a cost of $2 million a year taken from the city's reserve fund, normally saved for emergencies.
Full Story: http://www.ems1.com/ambulances-emergency-vehicles/articles/1260417-Mayor-requests-more-ambulances-to-ease-concerns-about-LAFD/