The significant uptick in Emergency Medical Service response times can also slow fire-company responses to fires, according to Andy Ansbro, the president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association.
According to the Mayor's Management Report, the time elapsed from when a call came into a dispatcher until an FDNY ambulance arrived on the scene went from an average of 9:22 in fiscal 2019 to 10:19 in the fiscal year that ended June 30.
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