FDNY Increases Safety By Dropping Response Time
NEW YORK (AP) _ The fire department’s average response time decreased last year for the second consecutive year even as the number calls increased slightly, the fire commissioner announced Sunday.
The citywide average response time for all incidents was 4 minutes and 49 seconds in 2007, a decrease from 4 minutes and 54 seconds in 2006, Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said. In 2005, the average response time was 5 minutes and 9 seconds, he said.
The city’s firefighters responded to a total of 490,767 calls in 2007, a slight increase from 484,954 in 2006, or roughly 1.2 percent, Scoppetta said. For non-medical emergencies, firefighters responded to 209,943 calls, the most in the department’s history, Scoppetta said.
(No Ratings Yet)
Loading ...
Email This Post