1.   Hospitals were on an emergency footing.

2.   Israeli police are on emergency footing, putting more officers on the streets, while asking the military for reinforcements to help prevent future attacks.

3.   Snow-covered Athens and two neighboring Greek regions also remained on an emergency footing Sunday.

4.   This year, however, the radio and television were on an emergency footing, able to resume broadcasting in the event of a crisis.

5.   Government officials were on an emergency footing.

6.   Government departments in the Shanghai area were placed on an emergency footing Thursday as Typhoon Herb made landfall in the Chinese mainland after hitting Taiwan, media reports said.

7.   Hospitals in the Dusseldorf region were on emergency footing to take the injured.

8.   Hospitals in the Dusseldorf region were on an emergency footing to take the injured.

9.   But at the same time the Palestinian Authority put West Bank hospitals on emergency footing to deal with any eventual outburst of clashes, officials said.