Protest leaders agree 'humanitarian corridors' for emergency vehicles
Protest leaders will set up "humanitarian corridors" to allow emergency vehicles to pass through their occupation zones, after a big drop in the number of fire engines and ambulances meeting the 12-minute target response time.
Protest leaders will set up "humanitarian corridors" to allow emergency vehicles to pass through their occupation zones, after a big drop in the number of fire engines and ambulances meeting the 12-minute target response time.
Police say protesters have occupied 3,670 metres of road: 600 metres of Harcourt Road in Admiralty, 1,100 metres of Gloucester Road in Wan Chai, 470 metres of Hennessy Road in Causeway Bay and 1,500 metres of Nathan Road in Mong Kok between Boundary Street and Waterloo Road.
The Fire Services Department said the proportion of ambulances on target in Central had fallen from 90 per cent to between 62 and 70 per cent. No figures were provided for other districts.
"So far, we have received no reports of any death or big fire," Deputy Chief Fire Officer Leung Wai-hung said. "But this is what we are trying to prevent."
He said paramedics had to take a patient with a sprained ankle to hospital by MTR because of blocked roads, taking 43 minutes from the time of his call.