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LAFD standards-of-cover study finds gaps in coverage, committee approves annual update
Summary
A newly presented standards-of-cover analysis said the Los Angeles Fire Department is understaffed and under-resourced, recommending dozens of new stations and hundreds of firefighters; the Public Safety Committee voted to note and file the report and seek annual updates.
The Public Safety Committee on Wednesday noted and filed a standards-of-cover analysis for the Los Angeles Fire Department that found the department ‘‘has been under resourced, understaffed, and underfunded for decades,’’ and directed annual updates on steps to address the findings.
The analysis, presented by Battalion Chief Eric Roberts of the LAFD planning section, concluded that the department’s deployment model is decades out of date and is not meeting national response recommendations. Roberts said the department can currently reach about 49% of city locations within the National Fire Protection Association’s 4-minute benchmark for certain emergency responses and that the LAFD’s 90th‑percentile travel time is ‘‘7 minutes and 53 seconds, twice what the NFPA recommends.’’
The report said the LAFD’s staffing ratio is roughly 0.91 firefighters per 1,000 residents — about half the NFPA’s recommended range of 1.54–1.81 per 1,000 — and recommended short‑term and long‑term remedies, including 712 additional firefighters…
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