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CAL FIRE presents second-quarter incident report: 1,774 calls, average response time 4.4 minutes
Summary
CAL FIRE reported 1,774 incidents in Lake Elsinore for the April–June quarter, with an average response time of 4.4 minutes and 1,365 medical-aid calls. The department reported improvements in plan-review turnaround and inspections and announced the new Quint 97 apparatus will enter service soon.
CAL FIRE presented its second-quarter incident statistics to the Lake Elsinore City Council on July 10, reporting 1,774 incidents for the April–June period and an average response time of 4.4 minutes.
Chief Reid said the department saw a roughly 1 percent increase in calls compared with the prior quarter and that the average response time has fallen from 4.9 minutes (an earlier report) and 4.6 minutes (most recent prior quarter) to 4.4 minutes. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) benchmark is 5 minutes, the chief noted.
Chief Reid provided a breakdown of incident types: seven residential-structure fires, 180 traffic collisions, 26 vegetation fires and 1,365 medical-aid calls. Mutual-aid statistics presented in the report showed Canyon Lake assisted Lake Elsinore 19 times while Lake Elsinore assisted Canyon Lake 15 times. Lake Elsinore gave aid to Menifee four times and Wildomar 36 times and to the county 219 times; assistance received included Menifee 16, Wildomar 54 and the county 70. The chief said the numbers reflect planned cooperative agreements, for example staffing at Station 97 is designed to respond into county territory under cost-sharing arrangements.
On prevention and permitting, the Office of the Fire Marshal reported 99 plan reviews with a 10-day average turnaround time and 107 fire inspections completed with a two-day average turnaround, meeting the department’s targets. Chief Reid also announced Quint 97 (a ladder/quint apparatus) would be taken into service this weekend following an acceptance climb by Mayor Tisdale.
Council members thanked the department for equipment and interagency cooperation and asked clarifying questions about aid balances and station design. Chief Reid said the station and mutual-aid agreements are set up intentionally to provide regional coverage and that a portion of station calls run into county service areas.
The department closed by inviting questions from the council; none of the report’s items required formal council action.
