The fire departments of The Hague, Amsterdam and Rotterdam are calling on citizens to first try extinguishing fires themselves over New Year’s before calling the fire department. This is because they are too busy during the turning of the year to help everywhere. On a normal day the fire department in The Hague gets around 70 reports of fires. But over New Year’s they sometimes get up to 1,500 reports in a few hours. According to the fire department, there are lots of fires that people can extinguish themselves.
http://www.nltimes.nl/2014/12/31/extinguish-fires-city-fire-chiefs/
