Tyler Fire Chief, David Coble spoke at a community forum Tuesday.
The forum was at the Tyler Public Library, Chief Coble addressed diversity in the department as well as provided an update on the new fire stations. The city is building a new Fire Station 1 and Fire Station 4.
"Right now we have a pretty long response time; not really long, but more than we would like down in the South area of Tyler," Coble said. That area is around Cumberland. It's an experience that's seen massive growth in the last few years.
The response times in that area can be close to eight minutes. It's almost twice as long as the rest of the city.