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A5 - Wednesday, October 24, 1984 - North Shore News

FROM PROVINCE
WV wants an

ambulance

UNDAUNTED BY a é staff report that suggests
changes are not likely to be made, West Van-
couver municipal council will press the provincial
government for more ambulances, more service

and more training.

A motion adopted by
council Monday night asks
the provincial government to
provide one fully-equipped
and staffed ambulance for
the western end of the
municipality, that the ex-
isting ambulance stationed at
Bellevue Avenue be fully-
staffed on a 24-hour basis
and that the provincial gov-
ernment consider setting up
a province-wide training
program to upgrade the
emergency skills of firemen.

Aldermen were acting on a
report from Richard Wagner
of the Community Services
Advisory Commission and
fire chief Colin Evans that
said the only improvement in
ambulance service in West
Van since 1978 has been ex-
tension of service to Lions
Bay on a 24-hour call-out
basis.

The report also says that
the response time of the
municipality’s lone am-
bulance to inhalator calls
and motor vehicle accidents,
particularly in the western
end of the municipality, is
100 slow.

An analysis of calls from
May to August shows an

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average response time for
ambulances of between six
and seven minutes while the
average response al
department emersgenity crews
is betweerr’Gre and a half
and three minutes.

But the report also quotes
Emergency Health Services

general manager R. P.
Beckett as saying the number
of calls in West Vancouver

does not warrant another
ambulance.
‘‘The major considera-

tion, however, is funding,’’
the report continues. ‘‘The
cost of an ambulance would

be in the area of $400,000 a
year.”’

The report says in light of
the provincial government’s
restraint program it appears
unlikely that the additional
funds will be made available
to West Vancouver at this
time.

Thieves get
$30,000

A NORTH Vancouver man
returned to his Queensbury
home Monday to _ find
thieves had made off with
more than $30,000 worth of
goods in his absence.

The unidentified man
reported the incident to
police Monday. He returned

from a four-day weekend
trip to find the goods gone,
he said.

Among items stolen were
jewelry and stereo and elec-
tronic equipment.

Investigation into the

break-in and theft is continu-
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