Peter Szerlagi - Nov 8, 2009 6:51 PM - Remove
Oct 7 2009 - house fire at 53 Summer St - Paramedic Unit 24 took 17 minutes to reach the
scene - I dont know if any other paramedic units arrived earlier
Oct 8 2009 - medical call at 37 Drake Rd - 911 AM - units responded from Arlington Center
- probably took 10 minutes to reach the patient
Oct 9 2009 - 240 PM - crash at 137 Summer St - Paramedic Unit 4 took 11 minutes to reach
the scene - I dont know if any other paramedics were at the scene before them
Peter Szerlagi - Nov 8, 2009 7:08 PM - Remove
Posted to A-List Oct 1 2009
It seems that the 911 service in Arlington is becoming very slow at times.
26 Sept 2009 - 140 PM - bike path at skating rink - 10 minutes for paramedics to arrive at
serious bicycle accident
26 Sept 2009 - 517 PM - 8 Summer St - 12 minutes for stretcher to arrive at CPR incident
30 Sept 2009 - 1015 AM - Lake St near Mass Ave - 12 minutes for paramedics to arrive to
help a scalded baby
30 Sept 2009 - 1154 AM - Pleasant St near Gray St - 13 minutes for paramedics to respond
to a serious medical emergency
This problem has been going on for a while. On April 28 2009 I posted about a 15 minute
ambulance response time to Drake Road.
Peter Sz
(PS - IIRC the radio tapes are saved for 15 days - if you file a request now, you can get
copies of all the radio traffic)
Peter Szerlagi - Nov 21, 2009 2:48 PM - Remove
21 Nov 2009 - 20 minute response time for paramedics to incident at Stop and Shop
19 Nov 2009 - P4 took 11 minutes to reach 125 Pleasant St - Armstrong BLS took approx 20 minutes to arrive
Peter Szerlagi - Dec 3, 2009 2:52 PM - Remove
25 Nov 2009 - 9AM - P3 took 17 minutes to reach Scituate St - initially dispatched as a nosebleed - then ALS was requested - then patient was transported in BLS mode - no harm no foul perhaps
Peter Szerlagi - Dec 3, 2009 2:54 PM - Remove
23 Nov 2009 - 1043 AM - behind Sunrise Living in the heights - initially dispatched as a man down (drunk) - then the man went into respiratroy arrest and ALS was requested - ALS took 17 minutes to reach the scene overall
Peter Szerlagi - Dec 3, 2009 2:56 PM - Remove
23 Nov 2009 - 952 AM - Bradley Rd - took 12 minutes for P3 to reach the scene
Peter Szerlagi - Dec 3, 2009 3:09 PM - Remove
1 Dec 2009 - 546 PM - Gloucester St - it took approx 15 minutes for an ambulance to arrive - I saw the ambulance going eastbound past the Town Hall with the patient at 608 PM - that was 22 minutes after the call was dispatched - it took 3 minutes for Engine 2 to arrive - it took 7 minutes for P3 (Paramedic 3) to arrive
Peter Szerlagi - Dec 19, 2009 1:52 PM - Remove
12 Dec 2009 - Saturday - 14 minutes for BLS unit to arrive at 800 block of Concord Turnpike
Peter Szerlagi - Dec 24, 2009 4:12 PM - Remove
24 Dec 2009 - Old Colony Lane - P1 was cancelled at 1208 PM - this was 12 minutes into the call
Peter Szerlagi - Dec 30, 2009 6:08 AM - Remove
30 Dec 2009 - R1 lost - long ETA for als at Ottoson
Peter Szerlagi - Jan 11, 2010 3:59 PM - Remove
11 Jan 2010 - approx 11 minute response time for paramedics to Allen St call for an injured infant
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Posted to A-list 16 Jan 2010
Dateline Arlington - recent ambulance response times - from the police scanner
16 Dec 2010 - Drake Road - 9 minutes for BLS - 13 minutes for ALS
16 Jan 2010 - 130 Mass Ave - bike down - ALS (paramedics) at scene in 2 minutes
15 Jan 2010 - Prescott St - police (PD) at scene in 2 minutes
15 Jan 2010 - 20 Broadway - person choking - PD at scene in 1 minute
15 Jan 2010 - 700 Summer St - fall - ALS and BLS (Armstrong Ambulance) took 8 minutes to
reach scene
14 Jan 2010 - 905 Mass Ave - PD took 1 minute to arrive
14 Jan 2010 - 905 Mass Ave - person collapsed in aisle - PD arrived in 2 minutes
14 Jan 2010 - 10 Hillside - person fainted - 14 minutes for ALS (paramedics)
11 Jan 2010 - Allen St - infant hurt - 11 minutes for ALS
29 Dec 2009 - Ottoson Junior High - chect pains - 16 minutes for ALS (from Professional
Ambulance in Cambridge)
12 Dec 2009 - Concord Turnpike - 14 minutes for BLS
1 Dec 2009 - Gloucester St - 15 minutes for BLS
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At least they dont take 72 hours to respond -
<http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2010/0115/Pentagon-defends-response-time-o
Neither Coakley nor Brown have anything on their front pages about Haiti at this time
Peter Sz