Response Times
The Ambulance Service of NSW operates four control centres that manage incoming Triple Zero ("000") emergency calls. In 2010/2011, the median time period between when a Triple Zero emergency call is recorded by the Service and the time the first ambulance resource arrives at the scene in a life-threatening case was 10.60 minutes.
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