REMARKS
Factors contributing to increased emergency response times
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Council Member Brewer lists several factors that may be contributing to the increase in emergency response times in New York City.
- Mentions emergency room delays, ER staffing, and increased call volume
- Notes traffic as a factor, including a controversial point about bike lanes
- Highlights issues with the number and flow of operational emergency vehicles
- Identifies insufficient personnel to staff emergency vehicles as a contributing factor
Gale Brewer
0:06:52
There are many factors impacting emergency response times and may seem to be at play.
0:06:58
And I know these are ones I assume you'll talk about.
0:07:01
Emergency room delays, ER staffing, call volume, traffic.
0:07:08
I know you might payment on the bike lanes.
0:07:11
I'm aware of that.
0:07:12
I don't know that I agree, but I know that's an issue.
0:07:15
The number and low of operational emergency vehicles.
0:07:19
That's what we'd wanna learn a lot about that.
0:07:22
An insufficient personnel to staff them.
0:07:25
They all contribute to the overall increase in emergency response times, and hopefully, we're here to figure out what to do about all of this.
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.
