Politics & Government
Echo Park, Silver Lake LAFD Response Times Below National Average
Mayoral candidate Austin Beutner, who has criticized the Los Angeles Fire Department response times, has created an interactive map showing responses times throughout the city.
Mayoral candidate Austin Beutner has released an interactive map showing response times for the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Click through here to see the map.
According to the map, Echo Park's Fire Station 20 responds in under 5 minutes 74 percent of the time.
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Meantime, Silver Lake's Station 56 responds in under 5 minutes 48 percent of the time.
The national standard calls for fire departments to respond to emergencies under five minutes 90 percent of the time.
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Beutner has been critical of the city's response to the fire department's response time and recently wrote about it in Huffington Post-Los Angeles.
Check the map to find out response times your neighborhood.
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