Fair Lawn 9-1-1

Ever wonder how many 9-1-1 calls the Fair Lawn Police Department receives a day or what the busiest 9-1-1 time of the day is..............the statistics are posted below.

Total 9-1-1- calls answered
2000	6,598
2001	6,424
2002*	5,343
2003	5,153

Average answer time per call
2000	4.2 seconds
2001	4.5 seconds
2002	4.5 seconds
2003	4.3 seconds

Calls by day of week
	2000	2001	2002*	2003
Sunday	860	867	684	641
Monday	958	1000	832	796
Tuesday	951	941	737	737
Wednesday	934	850	723	727
Thursday	975	938	773	799
Friday	975	983	836	722
Saturday	945	845	758	731

9-1-1 Calls by hour of the day
	2000	2001	2002*	2003		2000	2001	2002*	2003
Midnight - 1 a.m.	153	150	129	145	Noon - 1 p.m.	370	379	266	321
1 - 2 a.m.	110	133	112	83	1 - 2 p.m.	407	346	335	283
2 - 3 a.m.	87	91	86	85	2 - 3 p.m.	430	327	291	283
3 - 4 a.m.	74	94	85	89	3 - 4 p.m.	400	440	322	322
4 - 5 a.m.	72	71	64	72	4 - 5 p.m.	408	422	342	329
5 - 6 a.m.	69	71	89	84	5 - 6 p.m.	396	411	311	319
6 - 7 a.m.	86	109	94	82	6 - 7 p.m.	428	381	324	269
7 - 8 a.m.	171	190	152	169	7 - 8 p.m.	401	366	276	253
8 - 9 a.m.	266	241	209	197	8 - 9 p.m.	371	326	267	233
9 - 10 a.m.	336	332	287	314	9 - 10 p.m.	300	300	293	222
10 - 11 a.m.	414	378	274	317	10 - 11 p.m.	248	255	236	200
11 - 12 noon	371	421	311	297	11 - midnight	230	190	188	185

*Starting in 2002, it became a requirement to dial the area code for all calls. Without the area code, a call to a 791-1XXX number sometimes found that call being directed to the 9-1-1 Communications Operator. By dialing the area code first, it has significantly reduced false 9-1-1 calls.