CANBY FIRE PUTS REPLACEMENT LOCAL OPTION LEVY ON NOVEMBER 2015 BALLOT
News Release from Canby Fire Dist.
Posted on FlashAlert: October 5th, 2015 2:29 PM
REPLACEMENT LOCAL OPTION LEVY PLACED ON NOVEMBER 2015 BALLOT
September 18, 2015
The Canby Fire District's Board of Directors have unanimously agreed to place a replacement local option levy on the November 3, 2015 ballot.
According to Board Chair Buner O. Ellis III, the replacement levy would help ensure Canby Fire maintains two ambulance crews for rapid medical response during high demand hours and improve response when calls overlap, a situation that is occurring with increasing frequency. "The replacement levy would enable Canby Fire to add two firefighter/paramedics during peak activity hours when our volunteers are typically not available. This will help ensure that CFD's medical response teams, which bring a near emergency-room level of assistance to Canby residents, are available when two calls happen at the same time."
Canby Fire now responds to over 2,200 emergencies each year. The percentage of these emergencies that happen in the same time period has grown from 19% to over 30% in the past three years, with most emergencies occurring between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Funds from the levy will retain four firefighters/paramedics funded by the current levy which expires in 2016 and add two firefighter/paramedics during peak hours.
If the replacement levy is not approved, the District would have to reduce the number of career firefighter/medics to 2001 levels (14 instead of 20). This would mean more delays when multiple calls occur at the same time because of the need to wait for mutual aid partners to arrive from Oregon City, Wilsonville, or West Linn.
Cost of the replacement levy will be 45¢ per $1,000 of assessed value, an 11¢ increase over the current local option levy of 34¢. For property assessed at $250,000, the levy would cost about $112 per year or about $9 a month.
For more information contact
CFD Fire Chief James X. Davis, (503) 266-5851, jdavis@canbyfire.org
September 18, 2015
The Canby Fire District's Board of Directors have unanimously agreed to place a replacement local option levy on the November 3, 2015 ballot.
According to Board Chair Buner O. Ellis III, the replacement levy would help ensure Canby Fire maintains two ambulance crews for rapid medical response during high demand hours and improve response when calls overlap, a situation that is occurring with increasing frequency. "The replacement levy would enable Canby Fire to add two firefighter/paramedics during peak activity hours when our volunteers are typically not available. This will help ensure that CFD's medical response teams, which bring a near emergency-room level of assistance to Canby residents, are available when two calls happen at the same time."
Canby Fire now responds to over 2,200 emergencies each year. The percentage of these emergencies that happen in the same time period has grown from 19% to over 30% in the past three years, with most emergencies occurring between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Funds from the levy will retain four firefighters/paramedics funded by the current levy which expires in 2016 and add two firefighter/paramedics during peak hours.
If the replacement levy is not approved, the District would have to reduce the number of career firefighter/medics to 2001 levels (14 instead of 20). This would mean more delays when multiple calls occur at the same time because of the need to wait for mutual aid partners to arrive from Oregon City, Wilsonville, or West Linn.
Cost of the replacement levy will be 45¢ per $1,000 of assessed value, an 11¢ increase over the current local option levy of 34¢. For property assessed at $250,000, the levy would cost about $112 per year or about $9 a month.
For more information contact
CFD Fire Chief James X. Davis, (503) 266-5851, jdavis@canbyfire.org
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