That's a great question. The Department sends a fire truck to a medical emergency if the fire truck is closer than the responding ambulance and can provide a quicker response time than the ambulance or if the severity of the patient's emergency requires more than two caregivers. The severity of the emergency is determined using a series of questions that are asked by the 911 Telecommunicator at the time of the 911 call. Want to learn more about how our system works? Click here

• Two people were injured in a motor vehicle crash that occurred at Brown Deer Rd and Rexleigh Dr in Bayside on March 29.
• The Department met with it's architect firm to discuss remodeling/construction at Stations 82, 83 and 84.

Incident Type	Incident Count
Fire/Rescue/Service Weekly Average (2015 & 2016)	40 38
Emergency Medical Weekly Average (2015 & 2016)	94 108

Priority 1 & 2 Calls Meeting Response Goal of 7:02	88% (goal of 90%)
Average Response Time Priority 1 & 2 Calls	5 minutes 28 seconds (goal of 6 minutes)

*Priority 1 & 2 calls are calls for service which the Department sends an initial responding unit to a scene with lights and sirens operating. Priority 3 calls are responses that are considered non-emergent.