More than 2,300 calls to 999 last month

The Island's emergency services dealt with more than 2,300 emergency calls last month.

On Facebook, the emergency Services Joint Control Room in Douglas says it took 2,315 999 calls with another 14,655 non-emergency calls.

It says police dealt with 1,157 events, with ambulances needed 1,245 times and 120 callouts for the Fire and Rescue Service.

The ESJCR revealed it took an average of just 1.9 seconds to answer a 999 call.