Day33 A recent review of the West Cambria volunteer ambulance service revealed a longer average response time to accidents
The following appeared in the editorial section of a West Cambria newspaper：
“A recent review of the West Cambria volunteer ambulance service revealed a longer average response time to accidents than was reported by a commercial ambulance squad located in East Cambria.In order to provide better patient care for accident victims and to raise revenue for our town by collecting service fees for ambulance use，we should disband our volunteer service and hire a commercial ambulance service.”
Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument.In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument.For example，you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion.You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument，what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound，and what，if anything，would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
文勇五问：
（1）本题中，事实是什么？结论是什么？“A recent review of the West Cambria volunteer ambulance service revealed a longer average response time to accidents than was reported by a commercial ambulance squad located in East Cambria.”是事实，“In order to provide better patient care for accident victims and to raise revenue for our town by collecting service fees for ambulance use，we should disband our volunteer service and hire a commercial ambulance service.”是结论，值得反驳吗？在做这个题之前，还是要先提醒大家关注本段论述出自哪一个地区的报纸，这可以帮助大家理清原文中两个地区间的差异以及可能导致的政策之间的不同。
（2）西部志愿者团队的平均反应时间与东部商业团队的平均反应时间，可以作简单比对吗？东西两个地区之间是否可能有一些差异？这些差异是否可能导致反应时间上的差异？你能大致地罗列几个因素吗？例如：区域面积，交通情况，事故发生频率等。
（3）如果我们的目标是为了提供更好的急救服务，反应时间的确是一个重要的指标，但是，它是唯一的指标吗？你能罗列其他几个可能的指标吗？例如：急救成功率，二次伤害的发生率。在其他方面，志愿者团队是否有可能做得比商业团队更好？是否可能在某些条件、某些情形下，志愿者团队的确并不如商业团队，但在其他情况下，志愿者团队更为合适呢？志愿者团队与商业团队一定是非此即彼的关系吗？
（4）即使目前的西部志愿者团队的确不如东部的商业团队，我们能够保证调查中出现的东部的商业团队就代表了所有商业团队，雇佣的商业团队一定会比西部志愿者团队更好吗？
（5）雇佣商业团队就一定可以增加很多税收吗？需不需要考虑操作的成本？文中有提及相关信息吗？
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