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I <br />a CURTIS MUSGROVE, JR., APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD REPRESENTING <br />GROUP IV AVIATION AND REQUESTING A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE <br />AND AECESSITY TO FURNISH EMERGENCY AIR AMBULANCE. SERVICE IN THE COUNTY. <br />HE NOTED THAT THEY ARE NOT STATING THAT THE CURRENT AIR AMBULANCE IS NOT <br />OF A FIRST CLASS NATURE, BECAUSE IT IS. THEY FEEL, HOWEVER, THAT THERE <br />IS A DEFINITE NEED IN THE COUNTY FOR ADDITIONAL AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE <br />TO SUPPLEMENT THE SERVICE CURRENTLY OFFERED BY MR. ODOM. MR. MUSGROVE <br />CONTINUED THAT THE AMBULANCE INDUSTRY IS VERY STRICTLY REGULATED BY FA <br />AND THEY REQUIRE SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE AND SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT. WHEN <br />MAINTENANCE IS REQUIRED, THAT AIRCRAFT MUST BE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE, AND <br />WHEN THAT HAPPENS , GROUP IV AVIATION WOULD BE THERE TO FILL THE NEED. <br />MR. MUSGROVE FURTHER NOTED THAT MOST AIR AMBULANCE CALLS ARE FOR LONG <br />TRIPS AND WHEN MAKING ANY CHARTER TRIP, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO PROBLEMS <br />AT THE OTHER END OF THE LINE — MECHANICAL OR WEATHER. MR. MUSGROVE <br />STATED THAT THEIR AIRCRAFT COMPLY WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS AND THAT <br />THEY HAVE TWO MULTI—ENGINE AIRCRAFT AND ONE SINGLE ENGINE. UNE IS <br />PRESSURIZED SIMILAR TO THE ONE OFFERED.BY ODOM, AND THE PILOTS ARE <br />CERTIFICATED. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED HOW LONG GROUP IV HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS <br />IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, AND.MR. MUSGROVE STATED ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT MR, MUSGROVE DOES NOT HAVE ANY <br />STATISTICAL INFORMATION TO BACK UP THE NEED AND ASKED IF HE DID NOT FEEL <br />' THE PRESENT CARRIER IS MEETING THE DEMAND. <br />MR. MUSGROVE REPLIED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THE ACTUAL STATISTICS <br />TO BACK UP THEIR REQUEST. HE JUST BELIEVED THAT AN EMERGENCY COULD <br />ARISE WHILE THE PRESENT EQUIPMENT IS OUT ON A TRIP. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THE BOARD SHOULD.BE SUPPLIED WITH SOME— I <br />THING TO DEMONSTRATE THE NEED OTHER THAN JUST MR. MUSGROVE's PERSONAL <br />THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT. j <br />MR. MUSGROVE REITERATED THAT HE COULD NOT DO THIS STATISTICALLY, <br />BUT CITED THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERAL PEOPLE BEING INVOLVED IN A BURN <br />ACCIDENT WHICH HE FELT COULD PUT THE COUNTY IN A STATE OF JEOPARDY WITH <br />THE EQUIPMENT NOW AVAILABLE. <br />C� <br />MAR 211979 <br />