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Decatur Fire Rescue reports 90%–100% fractile response rates for June and Q2; ARV approves minutes
Summary
At the July ARV meeting in Decatur City, members approved June minutes and heard Decatur Fire Rescue report showing June and second-quarter 2025 fractile response-time compliance of 90%–100% across call categories, with specific call counts and time standards disclosed.
Members of the ARV in Decatur City approved meeting minutes and heard Decatur Fire Rescue (DFR) deliver its June and second-quarter 2025 response-time report, which showed fractile response rates between 90% and 100% across several emergency-call categories.
Chief England, Decatur Fire Rescue chief, told the committee that for June the department recorded a 94% fractile response for top-priority calls inside the city and 100% for the PJ area; for the second quarter (April–June) the fractile response was 97% inside the city and 100% in the PJ. The report gave category-level counts and time standards for June and for the quarter.
DFR reported that in June, for Echo/Delta/Bravo calls inside the city limits the department met the nine-minute standard on 314 of 348 calls (90%). In the PJ area DFR met the 13-minute standard on 30 of 33 Echo/Delta/Bravo calls (91%). For Charlie/Alpha/Omega calls in the city limits DFR met the applicable standard on 308 of 323 calls (95%). In the PJ area there were 28 Charlie/Alpha/Omega calls in June and all were met within the stated time standard (100%).
For the second quarter overall, inside the city limits DFR reported 983 Echo/Delta/Bravo calls with 888 met within the time standard (90%). In the PJ area for the quarter there were 83 Echo/Delta/Bravo calls and 75 were met within the time standard (90%).
There was no substantive follow-up discussion recorded after the report and no requests for additional analysis were recorded in the transcript. The committee first approved the June meeting minutes on a motion by Kenneth Kirkland, seconded by Wendy Treadway; the minutes were approved by roll call. The meeting later ended on a motion to adjourn moved by Jonathan Warner and seconded by Wendy Treadway; the motion passed and the meeting adjourned.
