SURVEY: Response Time Standard for Metro/Urban Areas

12/17/01

	ALS First Response		ALS Transport		NOTES
County	Minutes	%	Minutes	%
Contra Costa	5	None	10	95
CVEMSA(Mendocino)	None		None
CVEMSA(Napa)	7	90	8	90	1^st Responder: from time call is dispatched by 911 to provider. Ambulance: time call is received at ambulance service.
CVEMSA(Sonoma)	8	90	8	90	From time of dispatch notification /alert to responding unit.
Fresno, Madera	None		10	95
Imperial	None		10	95
Kern	None		8	90
Kings	None		8	90
Los Angeles	8	95	8	95
Marin	10	90	10	90	From Dispatch
Merced	None		10	90	From receipt of 911 call to wheels stopped
Mountain Valley	None		8	90
Monterey	8	90	None
Nor-Cal (Shasta)	None		8	90
Riverside	5	90-95	10 or 12	90	10 minutes if no ALS 1^st Response and 12 minutes if 1^st response is ALS
San Diego	8	90	10	90	From dispatch to at scene time
San Francisco	8	90	10	90
San Joaquin	None		8	90
San Luis Obispo	10	90	10	90
San Mateo	6:59	90	12:59	90
Santa Barbara	5	90	7:59	90	From time dispatched to arrival on scene as recorded by dispatch
Sierra Sacramento	None		8	90
Tuolumne	None		None
Ventura	6	None	8 ½	90	From dispatch to at scene time