REMARKS
Analysis of EMS response time trends
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Council Member Brewer presents an analysis of EMS response time trends based on data from the Mayor's Management Report and other sources.
- Notes that average FDNY EMS response time to life-threatening emergencies has increased by over 1 minute since fiscal year 2019
- Highlights a 20-second increase in response times occurring in the last fiscal year
- Reports that response times for non-life-threatening emergencies have risen by nearly 7 minutes, reaching almost 18 minutes in fiscal year 2024
- Mentions that while call volume has stabilized, response times continue to increase
Gale Brewer
0:07:31
We Today, we will question representatives of the fire department and health and hospitals regarding several of these issues and what their agencies, what you are doing, to mitigate.
0:07:43
To understand an ongoing trends in EMS response times that counsel's oversight and investigations division staff, and I wanna thank them tremendously.
0:07:53
Analyze call volume, response time, and staffing in ambulance count data.
0:08:01
According to the most recent Meijer's management report, the overall average FDNY EMS response time to life threatening medical emergencies dispatch and travel time has increased more than 1 minute as you heard earlier since fiscal year 2019 from 6 minutes 22 seconds to 7 minutes 23 seconds with an increase in response times of 20 seconds occurring in the last fiscal year.
0:08:30
For non life threatening emergencies, the average response time has risen nearly 7 minutes during this period, reaching nearly 18 minutes in fiscal year 24, and that is all increased dramatically I should add in some parts of the 5 boroughs.
