News coming out that for years LAFD has been reporting much better response times than reality.
So instead of near 90% first unit arrival rate within 5-minutes meeting national targets, the actual percentage is really down in the 60% range since 2008.
Apparently the departments statistician generously counted all responses that fell within 6 minutes which was the departments internal response goal as having met the 5 minute national guideline instead.
A few stories:
L.A. Fire Department admits exaggerating response times - latimes.com
LAFD says data on response times is misleading - San Jose Mercury News
LAFD's response times had been inflated (report) | 89.3 KPCC
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So instead of near 90% first unit arrival rate within 5-minutes meeting national targets, the actual percentage is really down in the 60% range since 2008.
Apparently the departments statistician generously counted all responses that fell within 6 minutes which was the departments internal response goal as having met the 5 minute national guideline instead.
A few stories:
L.A. Fire Department admits exaggerating response times - latimes.com
LAFD says data on response times is misleading - San Jose Mercury News
LAFD's response times had been inflated (report) | 89.3 KPCC
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