Answering 911

In 2020 the National Emergency Number Association published a standard for American 911 centers. It calls for “90% of all 9-1-1 calls be answered within 15 seconds and 95% answered within 20 seconds.”

The standard measures how fast someone picks up the phone. It does not measure how fast help arrives.

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