How Detroit’s EMS response times went from miserable to above average
It only took Detroit two years to revamp the city’s notoriously slow response times.
Detroit investigates what went wrong during fatal fire in Woodbridge
Firefighters were delayed because of a problem with the alert system.
Ambulance thief busted quickly because of Detroit’s new technology
The suspect didn’t get far because dispatchers knew exactly where he was going.
Motor City Muckraker appeals Detroit’s outrageous costs for public records
The city of Detroit is demanding we pay up to $42,000 to access just three months of EMS records.
A week later: Examining floods that submerged Detroit’s roads, freeways (with audio)
We reviewed dispatch calls and 911 records to get a clearer picture of the floods and their impact on metro Detroit.
City of Detroit demands up to $42,000 to produce public EMS records
Our request for three months of records, the city maintained, would disable emergency communications and take more than a year to fulfill.
Detroit violates law by failing to turn over records on ambulance runs
Detroit medics are taking too long to respond to emergencies, and people are dying.
Blood on Mayor Bing’s hands? Another fire fatality following station closures
Firefighters believe they could have saved the man with disabilities if their station wasn’t closed.
New Midtown grocer burglarized four times in first two months of business
The crime was almost too easy because police took more than 20 minutes to respond each time.