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TOLEDO, Ohio — Ambulances are the talk of Toledo and a plan by the city is creating a stir. Council members are considering buying 6 ambulances for firefighters. With a firefighter behind the wheel, the arguments are the ambulance will be there right away and the service could make Toledo money, more than $1 million a year.
Those against the idea? For one, private ambulance companies such as Rumpf and Medcorps. They say city-run ambulances would cut into their business. The chamber of commerce agrees but councilman George Sarantou calls it a matter of public safety. He says one-third of all dispatches end without a run to the hospital and worries that may cause private operators to think twice before sending a crew.
Rumpf and Medcorp predict the city would cut into service so much they would have to cut back and that could mean an overall pinch in ambulance care.
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