Inside Venice Florida

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Mayor Holic Contacts Northport With Request For Fire Department Data

Good Morning Tom, (Jones)
I am 4 hours behind you currently and in an area of intermittent phone and internet so I cannot call. I am trying to work up some figures on our fire department and possible revenue enhancements along with cost savings. I requested a lot of information from the County and noticed what came back was virtually void of North Port information. As with most of the request we make, I continually find it is what has not been said that prompts me to ask further questions. I will forward you the info I have via a separate email, but what I am looking for is the whay North Port operates the FD.
1. How many stations do you have?
2. What is you manning per engine and truck per station?
3. Apparently you run your own ambulance service, not the County service. How many EMT or Fire Medics per ambulance and do your engines automatically accompany ambulances on calls or do they only respond when requested?
4. Does North Port collect the .66 mills for ambulance service or does the County collect it for you and return it to NP per an inter-local agreement? That assumes you do not have County ambulance.
5. Same assumption, does NP charge the $600 per ride for ambulance like the County does, and if so, what is your percentage collection rate?
6. Are your firefighters on FRS, defined benefit or some other retirement system?
7. Does the County provide any type of financial assistance to NP for fire service?

I would appreciate you passing this off to whoever can answer it. I will be back in town mid July and would like to sit down with you and let you know face to face why I need this information.

Thank you for your help.

Sincerely,
John Holic