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Emergency services called more than 2,000 times across December

It makes it 56 more than November's figure

The number of 999-calls made throughout December sat at 2,005 which is just over 50 more than the previous month.

Statistics from the Emergency Services Joint Control Room have been published which also shows the average time to answer an emergency call was 1.5 seconds.

In total, the organisation recorded 2,630 emergency events, the majority of which consist of police and ambulance call-outs.

But the Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service contributed 147 events to that figure.

Non-999 calls show more than 16,500 were made, and emergency service personnel made a total of 119,312 radio transmissions.

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