A recent study of EMS response times across the United States shows that Oregon calls are answered in 10.82 seconds, which is better than bottom-ranked California’s 17.85 seconds. However, it is still 2% slower than the national average of 10.56 seconds.

Best And Worst EMS Response Times

First aid course experts at Fundamental First Aid assessed EMS response times from the latest NHTSA data for accidents resulting in at least one death across every state in the U.S. over four years, ranking states based on their average EMS response times during the period.

Rhode Island has the quickest average EMS response time at 6.21 minutes—41% lower than the national average—based on 275 accidents involving at least one death and 286 fatalities over the four years analyzed.

The top three states

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