Kamis, 30 Desember 2010

Emergency Response Criticized After NY Snowstorm

New York City's emergency acknowledgment arrangement dealt with a amazing cardinal of calls in the after-effects of a post-Christmas blizzard, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg appropriate that New Yorkers themselves aggregate some of the blame.Under blaze for what some perceived as the city's apathetic acknowledgment to the blast that alone 20 inches of snow on the burghal and surrounding area, Bloomberg on Wednesday deflected some of the criticism.We asked the accessible to do two things," Bloomberg said. "Don't alarm 911 unless it was a austere emergency ... And don't drive.Unfortunately, too abounding bodies didn't listen.New York Burghal operators fielded 49,478 calls to 911 on Monday, the day afterwards the storm. That absolute was the sixth accomplished in any day back the burghal began befitting statistics. There were 38,000 calls on Tuesday. Some of the calls came from the aforementioned location, but it's not bright how many.Many of the calls were not for emergencies, and plows couldn't bright the way for ambulances because streets were chock-full with alone vehicles.Among the calls was a Brooklyn woman who alleged 911 several times on Monday to address she was in labor. She delivered a babyish that was benumbed and after arresting dead.

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