Many overwhelmed families can recount tales of calling 911 because of a psychiatric emergency only to have the ill person appear normal when police arrived.
To cope with the overwhelming demand, some stations limited their services to emergency vehicles only.
Prosper said requirements for emergency exits only apply to buses, and limousines are not required to have fire extinguishers.
Chinese demand will continue to keep the market tight, but the real effect of the Japanese nuclear emergency will only be clear in the next few days or weeks, when the situation is finally sorted.
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An emergency backup generator is only allowed to operate for 200 hours every year and only in the event of an emergency power failure or for routine testing and maintenance.
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Since November last year, the emergency unit has only been open between 08:00 and 22:00 each day.
Such emergency legislation has only been used nine times since the collapse of Greece's military dictatorship in 1974.
Normally the SPR is an emergency account, only used when there are genuine, direct interruptions to U.S. energy interests.
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Guidance from the council says an emergency closure should only be made when it is "absolutely necessary in the best interests of pupils".
Emergency aid can only be released once a crisis has been formally declared, whereas development funding tends to follow rigid plans and timelines.
However "the only emergency" at the moment was "the prime minister and the Chancellor have gone wobbly over the coverage of their Budget", she said.
Only emergency vehicles - buses, taxis, fire engines, ambulances, police cars, rubbish trucks - and those powered by gas or electricity remain exempt from the ban.
Only emergency services are offered, the U.S. Ambassador said.
Only emergency investigations would be conducted.
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Or, will the popular program succumb to pressure from strident voices who insist that obesity is a public health emergency that can only be solved by expanding the role of government, limiting consumer choice, and demanding that regulators work against, rather than with, the food industry.
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Supt Dave Forrest urged people to delay making non-emergency calls where possible and only dial 999 in a real emergency.
"The state of emergency will be lifted only circumstances which warranted this action are removed, " he said.
We need to stop looking at groundwater only in emergency situations and as a last resort resource.
Several ambulance services across Britain are still only answering emergency calls and many hospitals continue to cancel routine operations.
Just three weeks ago the European Union emergency summit meeting not only promised to take significant action to control the crisis, but did so.
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"Thereafter, Emergency Liquidity Assistance could only be considered if an EU-IMF programme is in place that would ensure the solvency of the concerned banks, " it said.
Lit only by the emergency lights, the hallway tiles reflected an eerie, phosphorescent glow.
Emergency aid has so far only reached about half of the affected families.
If it is not, he says, he will not only declare an emergency but dissolve parliament and call fresh elections.
"The European Commission as it stands can only introduce an emergency measure once - it cannot do it again, " he said.
Though they are getting better at responding fast when an alarm is raised, emergency food aid often makes only a marginal difference.
Richardson said the emergency stockpile would be used only if there was a disruption in heating fuel supplies and not to control energy prices in the region.
Previously the airport was open only to receive emergency supplies.
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