Ladue Residents, Schools & Businesses Pleased With Their Own Fire/EMS Service
Quick response time; personal relationships worth a lot in this city of some 8,500.
Two years ago, EMS personnel quickly responded to a summer student in distress in the swimming pool at Burr Oak camp at John Burroughs School. Personnel made a very quick rescue, and the youngster recovered quickly. Another time, police, fire and EMS responded to a resident on Colonial Lane with an apparent heart attack. That person also survived, thanks to the professional and quick action of Ladue’s rescue team. These are just isolated examples of why Ladue residents value their own independent fire and EMS service and why they have never shown interest in joining forces with any other county fire departments. Much goes the same for St. Louis' inner-urban communities: Clayton, Brentwood, Maplewood, University City, Shrewsbury and …
Cornet of Horse
2:58 pm on Monday, January 28, 2013
Little old lady Ladue just hired a Fire Chief for $100K, plus a yesteryear comp/pension package. Is anyone thinking about combining these little Duke-dom Departments? We could have gotten him for half of $93k, which is what oh-so-similar Olivette FD was paying him, if we had just combined. The buy-it-now price for Olivette to find a new Chief has been jacked to over $100K, plus their version of a… more ›