The increase in FDNY ambulance response times to life-threatening medical emergencies is likely due to short staffing in the ranks of FDNY EMS, a new Independent Budget Office report found. The audit analyzed city response time data from 2014 to 2024 and found that response times for the most serious 911 calls increased by almost one and a half minutes in the period.
The number of life-threatening advanced life support (ALS) calls that the FDNY responded to increased 31 percent, from 352,200 to 464,500 in that period, but the staffing level of paramedics to respond to those calls increased only 9 percent, from 880 to 970.
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