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When providing emergency services to a community and/or region, it is only common sense that the citizens receive service promptly. In the Lompoc Valley, three separate and distinct organizations provide emergency medical response service. They are the Lompoc City Fire Department, Santa Barbara County Fire Department, and American Medical Response.

It is imperative that the taxpayer-funded emergency response system resources be managed effectively to gain the maximum benefit for the community. Minutes and seconds matter when life-threatening emergencies occur…