march 2023 response statistics

Response Statistics For March 2023

Last month proved to be another busy month for the Independence First Aid Squad, with 213 requests for service.

Here are the responses by the municipality for March:
Independence Township - 40
Liberty Township - 21
Mansfield Township- 95
Allamuchy Township – 3
Belvidere- 1
Blairstown Township- 1
Franklin Township- 1
Frelinghuysen Township – 7 (5 Long-term Care Facilities)
Hackettstown – 21
Hardwick Township- 1
Hope Township – 3
Knowlton Township- 3
Washington Borough – 7
Washington Township - 7
Out of County- 2

The above calls are the calls the Independence First Aid Squad was requested to respond to. The primary EMS agency or a closer mutual aid agency may have canceled our response to some of the calls we were dispatched to.

During March, the First Aid Squad had 156 patient contacts and 106 patient transports.

March Response Times (All Calls):
Average Dispatch to Responding: 2.85
Average Dispatch to Scene: 12.09

The Independence First Aid Squad missed no calls in our primary area in March.

March was a very busy month for our training center. In March, our training center ran multiple classes certifying over 60 people in CPR for the month.
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