Firefighters in Pittsburgh-Ravenstahl

==Video==
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfPbwrw-UaQ from Feb 2007 candidate night
==Statements to the P-G on March 4, 2007 ==
===How should the size, deployment or function of the Fire Bureau be changed?===
Ravenstahl: "It's very safe to say that there will be some change in the bureau between now and 2017. The ERASE [Enterprises] study that was originally done [in 2004 for the state-appointed Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority] called for the addition of some firehouses and being more centrally located, for example.
"The financial cost of implementing the ERASE study ... is very, very significant. Specifically, up-front capital costs, like building [new] fire stations. I can only speculate on what that would cost, but it would be, we all know, millions of dollars to do all of that.
"I think it's safe to say that we will in some way, shape or form have a different Fire Bureau in 10 years than we do now. What that means at this point, it's hard to say. ... In some cases, it is determined through the [contract] arbitration process."
==Links==
* Firefighters in Pittsburgh
* Luke Ravenstahl
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