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Counter reading since 29 August 2010
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The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue
1122) has been established under the Punjab Emergency Service Act, 2006, for professional
management of emergencies by maintaining a state of preparedness to deal with emergencies,
providing timely response, rescue and emergency medical treatment to the persons
affected by emergencies. The Punjab Emergency Council and District Emergency Boards
have also been constituted to ensure effective management & prevention of emergencies
and to recommend measures for mitigation of hazards endangering public safety.
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After the success of the
Lahore Pilot Project launched in 2004, Rescue 1122 is now operational in all Districts
of Punjab with a population of over 80 million and providing technical assistance
to other Provinces of Pakistan. Rescue 1122 includes Emergency Ambulance, Rescue
& Fire services and Community Safety program. The Service has provided a sense
of safety to the citizens by rescuing over
1,343,358
victims of emergencies while maintaining its standard and average response time
of 7 minutes in all Districts of Punjab.
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The Emergency Services Academy has also been established to ensure sustainable human
resource development of emergency services which have been long neglected in Pakistan.
This Academy is now a centre of excellence in Pakistan for imparting emergency medical
training, fire fighting, collapse structure search & rescue, high angle & confined
space rescue, water rescue and other emergency management skills.
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All this exemplary performance has been possible due to the recruitment of right
staff, training on modern lines to dedicated staff, visionary leadership, effective
management and monitoring system. The District Emergency Officer is responsible
for the day to day operational management and administration of the Service in the
Districts in close coordination with the District Administration. The office of
the Director General is mainly responsible for the overall monitoring to ensure
uniformity & quality, training, planning, research and development through the
Provincial Monitoring Cell
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