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Firefighters urge funding to reduce 9‑minute response times; public commenters back TPT increase
Summary
Multiple Phoenix firefighters and retired personnel told a budget hearing that response times have lengthened to about nine minutes, cited equipment-age and call‑volume increases, and urged council to use budget resources to add stations, apparatus and personnel.
Several current and former Phoenix firefighters used a District 6 budget hearing to press for more city funding for fire stations, equipment and staffing, saying slower emergency response times endanger residents.
Alex Rangel, a retired fire captain and District 6 resident, commended the council for its March 18 action to support firefighters and said the city needs additional staff to lower response times. “I wanna applaud you for that. And I also want to that understand that the public to support that, and so far as you have vision in light of a 9 minute response time,” Rangel said.
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