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Wake County Fire Services uses travel-time data to guide future stations; 90th‑percentile travel time exceeds 7‑minute target
Summary
A county long-range fire service study showed the 90th‑percentile first-unit travel time in unincorporated Wake County averaged 7 minutes 28 seconds over a recent six-month period, short of the 7‑minute target; the analysis is driving station projects in the capital plan including a Highway 42 Public Safety Center (FY28).
Wake County Fire Services presented long-range planning analysis that uses dispatch, incident and GIS data to evaluate response coverage and to prioritize station projects and staffing.
Chris (Wake County Fire Services) said the 2019–2020 assessment created performance metrics based on industry standards: a 90th‑percentile travel time goal of 7 minutes for the first arriving unit and a 12‑minute goal for assembling an effective response force (about 12–16 firefighters) for structure fires. The analysis…
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