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economist suntribune regional issues saturday march 10 2001 ivfergiiig tfire dments to be reexamined by patrick casey staffwriter york region will take another stab at amalgamating its nine municipal fire depart ments four years after a similar proposal died on thursday york council agreed to reexamine the ben efits of establishing either one regional fire service or divid ing the nine departments into an urban and rural mix over the next three months the region will update a consultants report first released in april 1997 that recommended a regional department saving taxpayers 96 million over 25 years while providing enhanced service and training although the original report was never adopted newmarket fire chief john molyneaux said officials should revisit the issue people that are in trouble dont really care what it says on the door of the fire truck said molyneaux the regions fire coordinatpr they want quick response and trained personnel who have the abili ty to help when they get there they really dont care where the hell the trucks come from the report said we could do it better and cheaper and the concept of the closest vehicle going to the call is probably a good concept fire departments are an expensive but necessary insurance policy he said whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson predicted york region will become a provincial leader in fire service if the departments are amalgamated it has taken a long time but we have to dust off the report emmerson said if its not going to be supported the only people that will lose out are the residents a regional force would have firefighters from the closest fire hall respond to a call immediate backup would also be available however approving the endeavour will prove chal lenging especially after the bickering councillors engaged in over a temporary regional fire dispatch centre last fall council ended 30 years of discussion and approved a dispatch opera tion in unionville to handle fire and emergency calls for 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