Emergency services contacted 2,409 times throughout September

999 calls answered in 1.5 seconds

The Emergency Services Joint Control Room received more than 2,400 emergency calls in September.

The average time it took to answer a 999 call was one and a half seconds.

Figures released by the ESJCR show that there were 1,137 police events, 1,190 ambulance events, and 128 for the Fire and Rescue Service.

Meanwhile, 16,443 non-emergency calls were received and radio transmissions - used by emergency personnel - reached a total of 124,085.