Decatur Fire reports high response‑time compliance for late 2025 and early 2026
Lieutenant Willis told the ARB that Decatur Fire met its 9‑minute city response standard on about 96–99% of Echo/Delta/Bravo calls in late 2025 and early 2026, and that PJ responses met the 13‑minute standard at or near 100% in the reported months.
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At the April ARB meeting, Lieutenant Willis of the Decatur Fire Department reported that the department met its 9‑minute response standard for most urgent call types in late 2025 and the first months of 2026. Willis said the department recorded 874 city Echo/Delta/Bravo calls in October–December 2025 not canceled prior to arrival, with 853 (about 98%) within the 9‑minute target; October alone showed 286 calls with 99% meeting the standard.
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