Please Vote Aitken and Braaten for LMRFD Board

Please Vote Aitken and Braaten for LMRFD Board

MEMO TO THE COMMUNITY LMRFD May 29th 2020

MEMO TO THE COMMUNITY 

May 29, 2020 

As you are aware, the Governing Board of the Lake Mohave Ranchos Fire District voted 4-1 to terminate Fire Chief Bonnee for cause on May 8, 2020 at a specially-called meeting of the Fire Board. 

This has raised many questions in the community, and the Board has the following response.  

Chief Bonnee was not terminated for an alleged criminal incident that occurred on his personal time. The issue for the Fire Board was that the ex-Chief shared multiple completely inconsistent versions of what happened and why it happened with the investigating police agency, the community, and members of the Board, as well as agency staff. This dishonesty demonstrated that the Board could not rely on the Fire Chief to tell the truth. This was compounded by other additional prior proven instances of substantial omissions and misrepresentations by the ex-Chief, including but not limited to the following:

Dishonesty: January 16th and 17th Leadership Class –the ex-Chief allegedly attended this class and sought to be paid for attending it; it later developed that in fact he had not attended the class. He was asked to provide evidence of attendance, but failed to provide evidence to the Board of actual attendance at same; he later admitted that he did not attend the class.

Continue reading the LMRFD May 29th Board Minutes 

WE have been told over and over that "the LMRFD Certificate of Necessity Can NOT be Changed So WHO CHANGED IT?

WE have been told over and over that "the LMRFD Certificate of Necessity Can NOT be Changed... Period.....

REALLY!!!  Then WHO CHANGED IT?

At one time the LMRFD had the resources to cover the 2200 square mile CON or Certificate of Necessity form the state. WHY Can't we change the area covered by the LMRFD Ambulance since our resources have changed from seven ambulances to one. 

At one time the LMRFD web page said the fire district had seven ALS (Advanced Life Support) ambulances and four rescue vehicles with extradition equipment... 

At the LMRFD board meetings we have been told over and over that the LMRFD CON Certificate of Necessity can NOT be changed. Period... NOT TRUE

The image below is a map of the LMRFD CON Certificate of Necessity issued by the Arizona EMS Bureau. 

As you can see the CON covers a huge area that extends into Coconino County. The LMRFD Does NOT RESPOND to calls in the eastern part of the CON or in Coconino County. 

In fact, if you look at a map, you can't get there from here.... 

To get from the LMRFD fire station in Dolan Springs to the eastern part of the CON is on Route 66. From Dolan Springs to Frazier Wells is 116 miles and takes a little over 2 hours to get there... If responding from Meadview it's 133 miles and 2 1/2 hours to get there.

We need to ask why if the CON can NOT BE CHANGED, who made this change, is it legal to reduce the CON area without advising the MS Board. 

If they reduced the CON in this case, why can't we reduce the CON to cover the 144 square mile fire district. If people in White Hills want fire and ambulance service join the fire district and pay their fair share or start their own fire district and ambulance.

Currently the taxpayers in the 144 sm LMRFD are the only one's supporting the basic fire and EMS services. Yes people in White Hills pay when they call the ambulance. 

I question how much the LMRFD has recovered responding to fires outside the district like the fire at Rosie's Den and others. 

How much do we get is kind of a moot point if our only firefighters are up in White Hills when your home burns down or your husband dies of a heart attack.

Why don't the taxpayers in the LMRFD get it? Why is the LMRFD Ambulance the ONLY fire ambulance that covers 2000 square miles OUTSIDE their fire district. 

If we had seven ALS (Advanced Life Support) ambulances and four rescue vehicles with extradition equipment and volunteers around the fire district, we could cover 2200 sm's... 
BUT we don't, we have one ambulance...

We have a broken EMS service in the LMRFD and it needs fixed....