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Milton Fire Rescue reports higher cardiac-arrest survivability, expanded community paramedicine
Summary
Fire Chief Gabe Benmoussa told the Milton City Council the department’s Community Paramedicine program cut low-acuity 911 calls by about 85% and that cardiac-arrest survivability rose from 13% in 2023 to 33% in 2024; the presentation included response-time, call-volume and program‑cost data.
Fire Chief Gabe Benmoussa presented Milton Fire Rescue’s 2024 annual report to the Mayor and Council, citing improved medical outcomes and reduced low‑acuity 911 utilization.
Benmoussa said the department’s Milton Fire Cares community paramedicine program reduced low‑acuity calls by “over 85%,” up from about 66% in 2023. He said the CARes unit also responds to high‑acuity incidents and noted the unit’s “average response time … is about 2 minutes and 35 seconds.”
The chief highlighted a jump in cardiac‑arrest survivability,…
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