The UFA Executive Board is Happy to report that on December 17th, Intro 143 was signed into law by Mayor Bloomberg. Intro 143 requires accurate end to end reporting of response times. The full text of the bill is below. We will now have access to average response times from the moment a 911 Operator receives a call to the moment the first Engine or Ladder is 10-84. Previously the time was only tracked from the time a FDNY dispatcher sent a call to the time any unit was 10-84, including Chiefs.

This bill required many years of lobbying by the UFA and exposing the response time myth with the failed UCT system. We would like to thank CM Crowley and the rest of the city council for their support. The new response time data can be found HERE.

Intro 143
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting response times for firefighting units and ambulances to fire and medical emergencies.

Section 1. Chapter one of title 15 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 15-129 to read as follows:

§ 15-129 Reporting of department response times. a. This section shall be known as and may be cited as the "The Ariel Russo Emergency 9-1-1 Response Time Reporting Act".
b. The department shall track the duration of time between a report to a 911 operator to which fire units or ambulances are required to respond and the time when the first fire unit, which shall include ladders and engines only, or the first ambulance unit, arrives on scene in the following categories:
(1) Average response time to structural fires;
(2) Average response time to non-structural fires;
(3) Average response time to non-fire emergencies;
(4) Average response time to segment 1 medical emergencies, as defined by the department, including cardiac arrest and choking incidents by ambulance units;
(5) Average response time to life threatening medical emergencies by ambulance units;
(6) Average response time to life threatening and non-life threatening medical emergencies by ambulance units combined;
(7) Average response time to life threatening medical emergencies by fire units;
(8) Combined average response time to life threatening medical emergencies by ambulance and fire units; and
(9) Percentage of response time of less than 10 minutes to Advanced Life Support medical emergencies by Advanced Life Support ambulances.
c. The department shall submit a monthly and yearly report to the council and to the mayor that it shall also post on its website, detailing the citywide response times for each category required herein, disaggregated by borough.
§2. This local law shall take effect one hundred eighty days after its enactment.

For Further Details, Visit:

http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=657984&GUID=57F2CA96-6DF1-4F45-9368-7EB95E5240DA&Options=&Search=