A typical response time is 5 minutes, however, that can depend on a lot of things such as traffic, travel time to and from call/hospital, if the station is out on a working call, etc. Sometimes dispatch will have to send a unit from a different station if the one for that district is out of the station, another time delay. Also, these days personnel are cross trained, so the firefighters on the truck might just be medics as well, but you will have to wait for a transport unit. But in lots of localities now firefighters are at basic an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), and can get things going until the Medics get there. When it comes to emergencies, you have to hope for the best. Sometimes they are in the station just waiting for the next call and sometimes they are spread thin!
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