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Decatur City reports mixed May EMS response rates; 19 cardiac-arrest saves in 2024
Summary
Decatur City fire/EMS reported May 2025 response-rate variances across call types and recounted 19 cardiac-arrest saves in 2024, with most saves inside Decatur city limits; officials said some delayed responses were tied to units coming from Priceville and Hartsville.
Decatur City fire and emergency medical services reported to the Decatur City Council on May 20, 2025, that response performance in May was uneven across priority call categories and that the department recorded 19 cardiac-arrest saves in 2024.
The report said fractile response performance for Echo, Delta and Bravo calls inside city limits was 91%, while those same call types in the department—————————————————the jurisdiction labeled "PJ" was 85%. For Alpha, Charlie and Omega calls the city recorded a 98% fractile response and the PJ area recorded 100%.
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