'Rescue 1122' call to action is within seven minutes, says spokesperson.

ABBOTTABAD -- Rescue 1122 on Wednesday apprised that it had responded to the emergency calls arising out of 419 accidents, which helped in saving lives and property, during the month of February.

Sajid Iqbal, the spokesperson of Rescue 1122, while briefing the media about the monthly report of February here, said that a total of 31,909 calls were received. He said that 14,265 of them were fake and 17,225 were dropped calls.

He also apprised that Rescue 1122 had taken swift action with an average response time of 6 minutes and 30 seconds to reach out to 419 people.

According to the details, during the preceding month, 333 incidents of medical emergencies; 17 incidents of fire-eruption; 5 incidents of crime or shooting, and 37 incidents of other emergencies occurred.

Twelve people lost their lives in these...