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SQL for Response Time Analytics
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SQL for Response Time Analytics

MediumSQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

Write a SQL query to find the average response time of emergency vehicles grouped by district for Deccan International’s Fire and EMS decision-support use cases.

Use the incidents and vehicle_responses tables. Include completed Fire and EMS responses with known districts, and report response time in minutes.

Output

  1. One row per district with columns district and avg_response_minutes.
  2. Exclude non-Fire/EMS records, missing timestamps, unknown districts, and incidents without a completed response.
  3. Order alphabetically by district.

Schema

incidents
ColumnTypeDescription
incident_idPKINTUnique emergency incident identifier
districtVARCHAR(50)Operational district where the incident occurred
call_typeVARCHAR(20)Incident category, such as Fire or EMS
vehicle_responses
ColumnTypeDescription
response_idPKINTUnique vehicle response identifier
incident_idINTIncident associated with the vehicle response
vehicle_typeVARCHAR(30)Responding emergency vehicle type
dispatched_atTIMESTAMPTime the vehicle was dispatched
arrived_atTIMESTAMPTime the vehicle arrived at the incident
Tablesincidentsvehicle_responses
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