Finding F20
The public would have been better served by consolidation of PVFD, NCC, R&R, and OH, as originally planned.
Jury report: Spending Money It Didn't Have: Penn Valley Fire District's Board of Directors Lack of Attention to Their Fiscal Responsibility · PDF page 13
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Penn Valley Fire Protection District
Disagrees; argues Rough and Ready residents gained ALS ambulance service that the four-way arrangement would not provide.
Read official response · PDF page 5A specific service-outcome counterargument addresses the whole comparison. Station 59 operations and the described ambulance service provide a checkable operational basis, not independently established comparative benefits.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.