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Response Time Definition: The elapsed time, in minutes, from when the first company is dispatched to when the first company arrives at the emergency scene.

Basic Life Support (BLS) and Fire Response Time Exclusions:
Response times calculations do not include incidents that are handled at the fire station (i.e. "walk-ins"), and do not include incidents where the response time is over 12 minutes.

Advanced Life Support (ALS) Response Time Exclusions:
Response times calculations do not include incidents that are handled at the fire station (i.e. "walk-ins"), and do not include incidents where the response time is over 15 minutes.

Excluding these records gives a more accurate picture of how long it takes a company to leave the station and arrive at the emergency. Both situations - walk-ins and response times of over 12 minutes, or 15 minutes in the case of ALS, make up less than 2% of all responses.

Seattle Fire Department

Average Response Times, First-In, Code Red 1995-2007 (in minutes)

Year	Advanced Life Support	Basic Life Support	Fire, Rescue, Haz-Mat
2007	3.72	3.68	4.28
2006	3.69	3.69	4.31
2005	3.72	3.65	4.23
2004	3.86	3.83	4.33
2003	3.98	3.77	4.30
2002	4.01	3.75	4.24
2001	4.02	3.73	4.25
2000	3.92	3.68	4.22
1999	3.91	3.68	4.21
1998	3.78	3.54	4.14
1997	3.80	3.56	4.16
1996	3.84	3.55	4.15
1995	3.79	3.49	4.01

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