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    <author><![CDATA[Concerned Tax payer]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Want less accidents, try buying trucks that fit on Richmond city streets. The current ones are having trouble navigating a city street, and the new ones that are being purchased are even bigger.
        
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      <![CDATA[SIR. Quint is not the name of a company like ford.
        
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      <![CDATA[Jeffifer C. I did an internet search. If Quint makes such an expensive fire engine then why are other manufacturers not being used?
        
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      <![CDATA[@concerned: Where are you getting the $450K figure? We have 20 quints, which cost (if I'm remembering right) about $750K each, empty.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Firefighter scared of retaliation]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[All these questions about costs and expenses are great ones. The only way to truly answer this is by DEMANDING that the city auditor perform a FULL AUDIT of the fire department going back to the day that Robert Creecy became fire chief.
        
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      <![CDATA[I still do not understand if a loaded fire engine costs roughly $450,000.00 then why does the average Richmond fire engine cost $714,000.00? Where is the extra $264,000.00 going?
        
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      <![CDATA[@concerned: $5M for 7 apparatus isn't out of line. The ones we have now (which were purchased 14 years ago) cost between $500K and $750K.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Peter J. Marziale]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[As a Master Firefighter/Paramedic with 23 years of services for the city and an expert driver. This is a waste of money.
        
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      <![CDATA[Heres a question to the citizens. <br>
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 If your house is on fire would you rather have someone try and get  there as soon and safely  as possible to help you or would you rather them be slowed down because they are scared of how many "negative driving points" they might aquire while enroute to help you???
        
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      <![CDATA[We were told by administrationg through a newsletter that we will be goverened at first based on RAA's policy on the Zoll system. Were going to be scored on a policy based on ambulances while were driving firetrucks.....makes alot of sense doesn't it.
        
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      <![CDATA[Did the chief say 5 million for 7 new fire engines?!! Are they dipped in gold?
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Why have 2??]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[The industry standard is the NFPA(National Fire Protection Association) compliant black box that comes on the truck. Not wasting money on the Zoll system.
        
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      <![CDATA[The box is nothing more than a risk management tool. I think it is a good idea considering there is always room for improvement.
        
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      <![CDATA[As a former RAA employee, I am om the fence w the black box. It did get me out of an accident that I disputed in court with the black box report, bc I was not at fault and the RPD officer gave me a ticket instead.
        
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      <![CDATA[Imagine driving with a Geiger counter going off next to your head - that's what the "feedback" on the system Richmond Ambulance used sounded like. Click...click...click...click..click..click.click.click.click.clickclickclickclickBEEEEEP.
        
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      <![CDATA[System is being discussed here:<br>
<a href="http://the411onthe201.blogspot.com/2012/01/coming-soon.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://the411onthe201.blogspot.com/2012/01&hellip;</a>
        
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      <![CDATA[When I worked at Richmond Ambulance Authority I dreaded the black box. You were only allowed a certain number of infarctions per miles driven and so you started to drive in the way the box deemed safe, and not in an intelligentr, defensive, manner.
        
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