FyrKlrCo5
10-13-2007, 09:05 PM
So, here's the deal (just looking for thoughts). Our county wants up to respond no later then 5 minutes MAX. They create a report advising which companies rank on response times. Here's the scenario....
...Box alarm in our second due. The call comes in, they start dispatching first due units and the timer starts. Lets say, that by the time they dispatch the first due engine company and the first due ambulance, 1 minute has gone by processing call information, then dropping their tones. They start dropping second due tones in the order of truck needed @ approx 3-5 seconds per tone and lets say we are 2 on that list. So we've lost one full minute, then approx. 10 more seconds for dropping tones, and we're off. If we respond to the call within 4 minutes, we are actually 5 minutes 10 seconds.
It just seems that in order to be logged correctly, we would have had to view the CAD, watched the call come in and actually responded BEFORE being dispatched in order to get out on time. I'm sure this happens in other places, but just wanted to see if anybody else has the same issues and a possible solution.
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...Box alarm in our second due. The call comes in, they start dispatching first due units and the timer starts. Lets say, that by the time they dispatch the first due engine company and the first due ambulance, 1 minute has gone by processing call information, then dropping their tones. They start dropping second due tones in the order of truck needed @ approx 3-5 seconds per tone and lets say we are 2 on that list. So we've lost one full minute, then approx. 10 more seconds for dropping tones, and we're off. If we respond to the call within 4 minutes, we are actually 5 minutes 10 seconds.
It just seems that in order to be logged correctly, we would have had to view the CAD, watched the call come in and actually responded BEFORE being dispatched in order to get out on time. I'm sure this happens in other places, but just wanted to see if anybody else has the same issues and a possible solution.
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