Evergreen Fire/Rescue sees dramatic change in turnout and response times - Canyon Courier

Evergreen Fire/Rescue sees dramatic change in turnout and response times - Canyon Courier

With the addition of six paid firefighters, Evergreen Fire/Rescue’s response time to calls has decreased by 9.5 minutes over two comparative months.“It’s huge,” EFR Chief Mike Weege said. “And it’s just the beginning. We want to do the same thing at Station 1 when we can.”EFR’s newly hired six paid firefighters took their first shifts on Oct. 27. The agency recently compared turnout times from the last two months of 2023 to the last two months o…