New York City Budget Office
Trends From a Decade: 2014-2024 Response Times to Medical Emergencies Getting Worse (pdf)
IBO’s analysis looks at trends Citywide and across the five boroughs. The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) categorizes calls as being either Advanced Life Support (ALS) or Basic Life Support (BLS), and measures response times in different ways. This report examines and compares the different methods used for different calls while looking at trends over the previous decade.