Residents received two pieces of good news at the Thursday, April 17 meeting of the Royal Palm Beach Village Council. Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue District Chief Amanda Vomero provided an annual report showing that emergency response times are down in the community, and Village Engineer Chris Marsh shared news that, thanks to floodplain management activities implemented by village staff, federal flood insurance for residents will be lowered by 25 percent.
Royal Palm Beach contracts with PBCFR to provide a range of fire-rescue services. Vomero briefed the council and was pleased to report that emergency response times dropped a few seconds, to an average of six minutes, 16 seconds. The total number of calls slightly dropped from 5,050 in fiscal year 2023 to 4,934 requests for help in fiscal year 2024.
The annual report covered fiscal year 2024, from October 2023 through September 2024. Among the almost 5,000 calls for emergency assistance, 3,770 were medical-related requests for assistance, 428 were vehicle accidents and 80 were for fires. This averages to about 14 emergency calls a day, every day, within the Village Royal Palm Beach…