Los Angeles Fire Department officials, facing criticism over slow response times to 911 calls, are considering two new strategies that could get rescuers to the scene of medical emergencies more ...

The Los Angeles Fire Department’s response to medical emergencies slowed by 12 seconds citywide – and even more in San Pedro – since budget cuts closed some fire companies, Controller Wendy ...

The paramedics there are part of a pilot program that is using Fast Response Vehicles, or FRVs. "I call them the special forces of the LAFD because ... were given the medical authority to clear ...

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Fire ... failures-response times for structure fires have risen by no more than 31 seconds in the past decade. But, all response times related to medical and critical ...

16--A long-awaited review of Los Angeles Fire Department response times has found that ... dispatching units and summoning the nearest medical rescuers from other jurisdictions.

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Fire Department ... flexible fire and EMS response in some of the City’s busiest areas. The FRV carries all the equipment and medical supplies of a paramedic Mobile ...

They scream day and night in rapid response to an endless run of emergencies, many of them in and around MacArthur Park. But it’s not usually a fire that LAFD ... for fire and medical incidents.

An expert hired to overhaul the Los Angeles Fire Department’s emergency response time data collection method told the civilian Fire Commission Tuesday that the current system is flawed and data ...

They scream day and night in rapid response to an endless run of emergencies, many of them in and around MacArthur Park. But it’s not usually a fire that LAFD ... for fire and medical incidents ...

In his report, Hsiao said that the idea behind the therapeutic van pilot — sending a van staffed with a psychiatric response team instead of LAFD paramedics or emergency medical technicians to ...

Los Angeles Fire Department response times are under scrutiny following a department admission that it presented misleading data to city officials during last year’s budget talks. At a Tuesday ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Fire Department officials have for years released misleading data on the response times ... the department responded to medical emergencies within five ...