These ten fire response areas have growing populations — and are falling behind on their targets 

Annual % of emergencies reached within target times at FRV stations in outer growth areas, 2025 vs 2021

An arrow plot showing performance of ten outer suburban growth areas, in all of them emergency response times were decreasing.
Code 1emergency response time target data is reported quarterly. This chart compares the averaged result for all 2021 quarters with the same in 2025.
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