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Deputy chief reports strong response times, flags Market Street bike-lane safety concern and urges drone study
Summary
Deputy Chief Mark Gonzales reported April operations and EMS statistics (BLS 90th-percentile 4.93 minutes), summarized recent greater alarms and rescues, warned that Market Street protected bike-lane design may impede aerial ladder operations, and commissioners requested presentations on drones and mental-health supports for first responders.
Deputy Chief Mark Gonzales, standing in for Chief Joanne Hayes White, delivered the department's operations and EMS report and raised a policy concern about a transportation project on Market Street.
Gonzales briefed the commission on April activity, including three greater alarms, multiple rescues and an increase in run volume during an April 21 power outage. He said the department's BLS 90th-percentile response time for the month was 4.93 minutes and that ambulance 90th-percentile response remained under the city target (reported under 8.5 minutes). Gonzales credited field units and dispatch for triaging calls and maintaining first-unit response.
On system strain during the power outage,…
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