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  • n  the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
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  • EAST WINDSOR: Locals face Advanced Life Support emergency service change
    EAST WINDSOR — Capital Health System moved its paramedic response unit from the township to West Windsor. Critics say this change could potential cause a delay in response time at night to residents who call 911.
    June 16, 2013 - Windsor-Hights Herald
  • New firefighters ready to staff reopened Lacey Station 35
    A Lacey fire station left dark for more than a year is set to reopen this month, meaning faster response times for those living in the Hawks Prairie community.
    June 16, 2013 - The Olympian
  • City Close to Hitting 911 Response Goal
    The city's goal of responding to serious medical emergencies in 10 minutes or less 90 percent of the time is close to success — but isn't there yet, according to a report released Friday by the Independent Budget Office. When people call 911, ambulances arrived within 10 minutes in 81 percent of the time in 2011. That's up from 64 percent in 1999. "Ambulance response times to life-threatening ...
    June 14, 2013 - WNYC New York Public Radio

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