Emergency response to 911 calls were getting faster in 2019. Now a new study shows those times are on the rise. Americans make approximately 240 million 911 calls every year, according to the National Emergency Number Association.
A new study from Safety.com compared the average 911 response times in 15 major US cities. The study was broken down into two categories, priority one and priority two. According to the study priority one is often defined as an “emergency call which requires immediate response and there is reason to believe that an immediate threat to life exists.” Priority two is often defined as an “emergency call which requires immediate response and there exists an immediate and substantial risk of major property loss or damage.”
Denver, CO had the highest response time clocking in at 11.6 minutes. Philadelphia, PA came in second with 10.9 minutes. Denver and Philadelphia do not separate priority one responses from other priority levels when measuring response time. Seattle, WA rounded out the top three with 10 minutes in priority one and 41 minutes in priority two beating our nation’s capital which came in 8 at 6.9 minutes
Seattle response times to 911 calls triple last summer during the riots and the armed occupation of Capitol Hill. Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said that when the East precinct was ordered shuttered in response to the nightly riots, it took an average of 18 minutes for officers to get to emergency calls. Rapes, robberies and murders all skyrockets 250 percent.
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