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Two-thirds of the time, when theyâre needed, the time necessary for them to suit up and leave their home from a cold start must be added to their response time. The same problems face not only rural Americans, but the residents of innumerable small towns that canât afford a police force. Itâs not just a rural reality. In Detroit, 911 emergency response times range from 58 minutes âwhen the police come at allâto four hours. The Womenâs Self Defense Institute notes: âAccording to American Police Beat, the average response time for an emergency call is 10 minutes.
City ambulances are taking nine and a half minutes to get to the scene of life-threatening emergencies, new data show. The average EMS response time was 9 minutes 23 seconds in the six months from June to December 2013 â the first time the city has counted from the moment a caller reaches 911. And it seems to be getting worse, not better: For the first two months of this year, the number was an even higher 9 minutes 42 seconds.