League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Marin County, CA November 3, 2015 Election
	Candidates Answer Questions on the Issues Director; Marinwood Community Services District

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of Marin County and asked of all candidates for this office.     See below for questions on Emergency Services Click on a name for candidate information.   See also more information about this contest. 1. How confident are you with the emergency services your district provides? Are there improvements that are needed? Answer from Izabela Perry: Our Fire Department provides the best emergency services it can, except for the already paid for paramedic service. Currently our firefighters can only deliver Basic Life Support, even if they were trained paramedics. This needs to changes as soon as possible, as the residents have been paying for paramedic service for years now. Our firemen are smart and willing to undergo any additional training in order to provide Advanced Life Support as well. Let's make this happen now! Answer from Jeffrey C. Naylor: I have extreme confidence in our District's Fire Protection and Emergency Services professionals. The only improvement required is to make sure that the District reaches a point where we can, on behalf of all our citizens and the Northern San Rafael areas we cover agree to hire a paramedic and make that positional fully functional. San Rafael is prepared to make this happen. Marinwood needs to reach an agreement with our firefighters so that we can hire a fully functional paramedic. The District should also prepare for the times when other openings occur so that we can expediently hire and bring aboard additional paramedic staff. Answer from Stephen C. Nestel: Marinwood is blessed with a wonderful Fire Company. Like most fire districts we are challenged with accommodating their pension demands on our limited tax base. The addition of a potential 1000 homes in affordable housing that contributes little to our tax base to fund our safety needs. The new CSD directors must work to develop a long term strategy to address our needs. See more at http://www.nestel4csd.com Answer from Tarey Ayn Read: Our current emergency services are excellent; Paramedic services will be delivered quicker once Marinwood is a fully equipped ALS (Advanced Life Services, i.e. Paramedic) engine. Currently the closest ALS stations are at Joseph Court and near Scotty's Market. Every Marinwood firefighter is an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) and the closest equipment *always* responds first, but we're working on improving response time for advanced care. Responses to questions asked of each candidate are reproduced as submitted to the League.  Candidates' statements are presented as submitted. References to opponents are not permitted. The order of the candidates is random and changes daily. Candidates who did not respond are not listed on this page.