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Decatur Fire: most July and August emergency calls met city response-time standards; crews completed new training
Summary
Decatur Fire reported that the majority of emergency calls in July and August met the department's response-time standards and that staff completed EKG and scenario-based trainings tied to a state protocol update.
Decatur Fire reported to the Decatur City meeting that most emergency medical and fire calls in July and August met the departments response-time standard, and that the department completed staff training tied to a state protocol update.
The report covers two months because the department did not meet in August. For July, Decatur Fire said Echo, Delta and Bravo calls inside the city limits met the response-time standard 94% of the time; the department reported 100% compliance for those call categories in the PJ area. In July the department responded to 324 Echo/Delta/Bravo calls inside the city limits and met the time standard on 301 of them (93%). Echo/Delta/Bravo calls in the PJ numbered 30, with 28 meeting the standard (93%). For Charlie, Alpha and Omega calls in July, Decatur Fire reported 366 calls in the city limits with 354 meeting the standard (97%); Charlie/Alpha/Omega calls in the PJ were 27 and were all met within the time standard.
For August, Decatur Fire reported 298 Echo/Delta/Bravo calls inside the city limits, 268 of which met the response-time standard (90%). Echo/Delta/Bravo calls in the PJ were 34, with 28 meeting the standard (82%). Charlie/Alpha/Omega calls in August numbered 330 inside the city limits, with 317 meeting the response standard (96%); Charlie/Alpha/Omega calls in the PJ were 16 and all were met within the time standard.
Staff also described completed and planned training. In July the department held an EKG class intended to bring advanced EMTs into alignment with a protocol update that became effective Aug. 1; the presenter said about five advanced EMTs still needed the course and it was scheduled for the following week. In August the department ran a week-long, scenario-based training for all employees.
No formal motions or votes on these items were recorded in the meeting transcript. The report, as given, is a staff update on operations, response performance and training tied to the state protocol update.
