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Fire chief: Lake Elsinore averaged 4.6-minute response time; fuel-break crews treated 15 acres
Summary
Riverside County Fire reported 1,769 incidents from Jan. 1 to March 31, a 4.6-minute average response time, mutual-aid statistics and progress on the Lake Elsinore fuel break; Cal Fire crews and CDCR crews are working portions of the fuel-break program, staff said.
Riverside County Fire officials told the Lake Elsinore City Council on Tuesday that the department responded to 1,769 incidents from Jan. 1 through March 31, averaged a 4.6-minute response time across the city and continued work on a fuel-break program near residential areas.
Chief Dustin Reed presented quarterly incident statistics and mutual-aid numbers for the first quarter. "You had a total of 1,769 incidents within the city of Lake Elsinore," Reed said. He said medical aid calls composed about 75 percent of the call volume, vehicle collisions about 9 percent and the city experienced nine vegetation fires and four residential structure fires during…
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