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Annex
Measures recommended by the 1995 Consultancy Study
Short-term Measures
(a)
To station ambulances in fire stations in addition to ambulance depots to extend emergency ambulance cover. The fire stations involved include North Point, Kotewall Road, Ap Lei Chau, Kwai Chung, Sheung Shui and Sha Tau Kok.
To redeploy ambulances and their crews from stations with relatively adequate manning to those where manning is inadequate to meet local demand.
(b)
(c)
To streamline the operational procedures for ambulance deployments to achieve more effective mobilisation.
(d)
To transfer the residual non-emergency cases to another agency to enable FSD to better concentrate on its delivery of emergency ambulance services.
(e)
To include the performance of ambulance aid motorcycles (AAMCs), which provide life-saving first aid before an ambulance reaches the scene, in the calculation of emergency ambulance performance.
Long-term Measures
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
To provide an additional 31 ambulances and crew and 10 ambulance aid motorcycles, identified as necessary to meet the 95% performance target.
To adopt a new establishment manning formula that will allow for relief for staff absences, including training, leave and sickness.
To plan for new ambulance depots at North Point, Sheung Wan, Kwai Chung and Kowloon Tong.
To extend paramedic services, which are currently provided in up to 13% of the total ambulance fleet, to all ambulances and AAMC's.
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