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Archive Home > 2004 > May > 26 > Fire, police chiefs seek staff to keep response times down

Fire, police chiefs seek staff to keep response times down

By Lisa Rosetta / The Bulletin
May 26, 2004

Eight minutes.

That's how long the Bend Fire Department has to respond to a fire and prevent a house from being fully engulfed in flames.

Ten minutes.

That's how long fire department paramedics have to respond to a medical emergency before a patient's survivability by defibrillation is zero.

On....

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