�I have always strongly supported reporting complete and accurate response time information, and the Department has always been thoroughly transparent about how it calculates response times.

�Thanks to the city�s investment in new 911 technology, we will soon be able to report total �end to end� response time data. ‘End to end’ means from the time a caller�s phone �rings� into the 911 system until the first FDNY unit arrives on the scene of an emergency.

�Fire response times have never been faster, and last year the city experienced the fewest fire deaths on record (58) and a 27 percent decrease in second-alarm fires. That�s a testament to the fact we�re getting to fires faster, controlling them more quickly and preventing them from escalating further, which is a large part of how we’re able to save more lives than ever before.�

(YWN Desk – NYC)