Category: emergency call

Nearly 1 in 4 Emergency Calls in 2022 Were Pranks, Trivial Calls: Aussie State Police Data

January 20, 2023
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Nuisance, trivial and prank calls made up nearly a quarter of calls to the Northern Territory’s emergency call centre in 2022, according to recent police data. Statistics provided to The Epoch Times from the NT’s Joint Emergency Service Communication Centre (JESCC) show that 82,323 (22 percent) of the 379,559 calls made in 2022 were time-wasters….

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Victorian Premier Apologises to Families of 33 Who Died From Triple 0 Call Delays

September 7, 2022
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has publicly apologised for the state’s triple zero call delay failure that directly led to 33 people dying. The Victorian inspector-general for emergency management investigated the state’s emergency call response performance during COVID-19, where demand for the triple zero line surged. The final report revealed 40 potential adverse events associated with…

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