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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1974
AMBULANCE COMMAND ANSWERS RECORD NUMBER OF CALLS
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THE AMBULANCE COMMAND OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS SET A NEW RECORD OF CALLS ANSWERED IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD.
BETWEEN 7 AM ON MONDAY AND 7 AM TODAY (TUESDAY), A TOTAL OF 393 CALLS WERE RECEIVED, OR JUST OVER 16 PER HOUR.
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OF THESE, 263 WERE EMERGENCY CALLS AND 130 WERE NON-EMERGENCY CALLS. KOWLOON HAD 187 CALLS, HONG KONG ISLAND HAD 135 AND THE NEW TERRITORIES 71.
THE BUSIEST PERIOD WAS BETWEEN MIDDAY AND 4 PM YESTERDAY WHEN 119 CALLS WERE RECEIVED.
MR. HARRY KENYON, ASSISTANT CHIEF AMBULANCE OFFICER, SAID IT WAS UNUSUAL. TO RECEIVE SUCH A HIGH NUMBER OF CALLS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
+WE ANSWERED JUST OVER 300 CALLS DURING THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS, BUT THE NUMBER JUST SUDDENLY SHOT UP, HE SAID.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 391 CALLS WAS SET ON JULY 6 THIS YEAR.
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