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With all four of the City's rescue companies in service it seems that Mr. Cote got the best service available. It seems.

Maybe we need another rescue. Maybe that is the solution. I have learned that the city makes a decent profit on our rescues. The cost per rescue is about $230,000 and the total revenue for the four we presently have was over $2 million in 2016. If buying another rescue is the solution, I am all for it providing it makes a profit. It seems like it does. It seems like a win-win situation to me. I don't have the exact numbers but it appears worthy of consideration.

As far as this emergency, the rescue people made, what I believe is the right judgement call to bring him to Kent. Then, they did agree to bring him to Miriam, and did so, in spite of the lack of other rescues. It seems to me that they did everything possible to help this man who was admittedly in great pain, but I don't know how much more they could have done, especially when protocol suggests he be brought safely to Kent and then get back to the fire station to be ready for the next call. What if he died on the way to Miriam? What if someone else died as a result of a lack of rescues? I worry about the liability.

As far as private ambulances, my father-in-law used "Med-Tech" here in Warwick twice a week for years, for his dialysis treatments. He found them to be reasonable, courteous, and fast.

Happy Spring everyone.

Rick Corrente

The Taxpayers Mayor