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Resident urges commissioners to explain TEAS ambulance response times and county support
Summary
A Lafayette resident told Tippecanoe County commissioners he found state dispatch data showing the county ambulance provider (TEAS) fails to meet the 8-minute response-time standard and asked the board to publish operational audits and explain county funding for TEAS.
Justin Kendall, a Lafayette resident, told the Tippecanoe County Board of Commissioners during public comment that he has reviewed state dispatch data and concluded the county’s ambulance contractor, TEAS (operated by Franciscan), is not meeting expected response standards.
"TEAS is only on scene within 8 minutes about 62% of the time, not 90% of the time," Kendall said, citing performance data he reviewed from the state management performance hub. He added that "90% of calls that TEAS takes are answered within 13 minutes rather than 8…
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