Ms Laverne McGuinness:

On response times, the first responder can be an ambulance. Therefore, whatever is despatched first can be an ambulance so it can get to its destination within 17 minutes and 59 seconds. However, the ones that we report on with regard to this period are all ambulances; they are all patient-carrying vehicles. An ambulance can be either a first responder or one of the responses dispatched as part of meeting the target of 17 minutes and 59 seconds.