Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
County fire, ambulance response times reviewed; council receives report and staff highlights preparedness steps
Summary
Hermosa Beach officials received a semiannual report Sept. 9 on Los Angeles County Fire and McCormick Ambulance performance showing most response metrics meet contract standards, while some ambulance delays were linked to hospital 'wall times.'
The Hermosa Beach City Council on Sept. 9 voted to receive and file a semiannual report on Los Angeles County Fire and McCormick Ambulance response performance and to note National Preparedness Month activities.
Emergency Management Coordinator Maurice Wright presented response metrics for January–June 2025. Wright said County Fire routinely met the contractual goal of first apparatus arrival (within 15 minutes) and that the city’s emergency medical service calls averaged significantly under the 9‑minute goal for emergency responses: "Most of these calls being EMS calls, and they meet that in under 4 minutes and 30 seconds," Wright reported.
Wright and staff also reviewed…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
