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stouffville suntribune thursday june 8 2006 7 firefighting deal poses safety threat union claims central york spreads to vandorf preston by joan ransberry staff writer a plan to offer improved fire service to vandorf and the preston lake area poses a public safety threat to aurora and newmarket a local politician claims newmarket councillor dennis ramsarran is expect ed to side with the local fire fighters union when public safety concerns are raised at a council meeting monday the central york profes sional firefighters associa tion is against the plan to have its auroranewmarket joint force extend its cover age to include 39 squarekilo metres in whitchurchstouf fville that takes in the two hamlets while it is commendable to want to help a neighbour ing municipality central york is not in a position right how to render that assistance as recommended by the fire chief without negatively impacting the current level of service that is provided to the citizens of newmarket and aurora local 251 firefighter association president rob leathen said vandorfs and preston lakes gain will not be a loss for newmarket and aurora joss central york fire ser vices chief john molyneaux insists the fire chief said hes confident public safety is not being compromised by a new twosegment firecover age plan designed to include parts of whitchurchstouf fville but mr ramsarran wants the plan altered to ensure aurora and newmarket will not be left shortchanged if local firefighters are dealing with a whitchurchstouffville call id rather err on the side of more protection versus less protection mr ramsar ran said the recommended cover age plan stipulates in the event of a building fire three trucks from central york fire services will be dispatched to the scene with backup from whitchurchstouffvilles fire department as well a call back option that involves calling offduty firefighters can be put in place in the event of a whitchurchstouffville inci dent such as including a remotealarm call or some one reporting a smell of smoke two fire trucks will be sent with backup from whitchurchstouffville but the option to call offduty firefighters to service will not be exercised the fire chief bridal and formal can make your dreams come true we specialize in bridal gowns mother of the bride dresses and tuxedos ivaizff- oma6 oaait 4981 hwy 7 east markham 9054778321 markville shopping centre bridal a formal explained mr leathen recently out lined some of the associa tions concerns at a joint committee meeting of three councillors from aurora and three councillors from new market the final 32 vote sup ported the fire chief com mittee member aurora councillor phyllis morris was absent the firefighters union is prepared to take its fight to councils in aurora and whitchurchstouffville the union president said if the plan gets the nod the central york fire services coverage area for the next six years will include the area of davis drive to hwy 404 south to bloomington road and east to halfway between warden avenue and kennedy road we have an aurora fire station within a mile of van dorf chief molyneaux said the plan will be moni tored and a review will be held in six months yet if we determine theres an issue it could be reviewed in 10 days as chairperson of the joint sixmember committee aurora councillor john west backs the fire chief whatever the fire chief says is accurate mr west said the agreement includes whitchurchstouffville pay ing a 100000 retainer fee in addition to fees charged on a percall basis in past years the aurora fire department provided protection in the vandorf and preston lake area but that coverage was discontin ued when whitchurchstouf fville opened its new station in ballantrae six years ago dennis ramsarran new market councillor expected to back firefighters association the weight loss program youll love for life v v darrin lost 48 pounds and 63 inches s oneonone support ii i allnatural products grocery store food 9056426906 6162 main street stouffville k i