Politics & Government

Mayoral Candidate Beutner Releases LAFD Response Time Interactive Map

Mayoral candidate Austin Beutner, who has criticized the Los Angeles Fire Department response times, has created an interactive map showing responses times throughout the city.

Mayoral candidate Austin Beutner has released an intertactive map showing response times for the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The national standard calls for fire departments to respond to emergencies under five minutes 90 percent of the time. The map shows that Fire Station 63 serving Venice responds under five minutes 50 percent of the time, whle Fire Station 62 in Mar Vista responded under five minutes 53 percent of the time.

Beutner has been critical of the city's response to the fire department's response time and recently wrote about it in Huffinton Post-Los Angeles.

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Check the map to find out response times your neighborhood.


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