Average response times throughout the East Contra Costa Fire District before and after half of its six stations closed July 1:

June: 566 calls for service; 6 minutes, 34 seconds

July: 546 calls for service; 7 minutes, 10 seconds

Average response times to calls that normally would have been handled by the following stations, which now are closed:

Station 54 -- downtown Brentwood

June: 119 calls for service; 5 minutes, 22 seconds

July: 112 calls for service; 6 minutes, 56 seconds

Station 94 -- Knightsen

June: 14 calls for service; 10 minutes, 10 seconds

July: 18 calls for service; 11 minutes, 15 seconds

Station 95 -- Bethel Island

June: 28 calls for service; 5 minutes, 34 seconds

July: 26 calls for service; 10 minutes, 32 seconds



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