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Interim fire chief reports Q2 response times, station upgrades and expanded recruit diversity
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Interim Richmond Fire Department Chief Jeffrey Siegel reported Q2 FY25 response metrics, apparatus status, station construction updates and a recruit class with a higher percentage of female firefighters.
Jeffrey Siegel, interim chief of the Richmond Fire Department, presented the department’s second‑quarter FY25 performance to the Public Safety Standing Committee, detailing incident counts, response times, specialty calls, fleet status and training updates.
Siegel reported the department responded to 293 fire incidents and 5,222 emergency medical service incidents during the quarter. Median turnout time for all incidents was 49 seconds, median travel time was 3 minutes 23 seconds, and median total response time was 4 minutes 36 seconds. For the ninetieth percentile, Siegel gave turnout as 1 minute 27 seconds, travel time 7 minutes 1 second and total response 8 minutes 38 seconds.
For EMS calls specifically, the median turnout time was 54 seconds, median travel 3…
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