Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) Mayor and CDA Chairman Sheikh Anser Aziz has said that MCI has taken consolidated steps for improving performance of Emergency and Disaster Management (E&DM) Directorate.
Capacity of directorate would be improved, strengthened and further upgraded to cope with any emergency situation or natural calamity. Mayor expressed these views while chairing a meeting held at CDA Headquarters here on Saturday.
The meeting was attended by the senior officers of MCI and CDA. Meeting reviewed performance of E&DM Directorate. He said that staff of Emergency and Disaster Management Directorate has proved their professionalism and technical expertise not only in the twin cities but also in other parts of the country.
He said that special arrangements were being made for imparting professional training of rescue workers and inclusion of latest fire tenders in the fleet.
On this occasion, the mayor was apprised that during the last week 42 emergency calls were responded. Out of these calls, four were about fire eruption at green areas, 10 calls about electric fire, one call of house fire, one canteen/shop fire, one call about industries and three calls were about vehicles fire and addressed promptly.
The meeting was informed that during the last week 13 rescue calls of different natures were also received which were also promptly responded.
The meeting was informed that these calls were received from different areas including Aabpara, Margalla Hills, sectors F-8/4, F-10/3, near Zero Point, F-7/1, G-10/2, G-6/1-2, G-14, Orchard Scheme, Bela Road G-10/1, G-7/2, G-13/3, I-9/2, G-9/3, F-11/2 and Markaz G-9.
The meeting was also briefed that during the last week 9 VVIP deployments were also made upon the request of different departments. These deployments were made at D-Chowk, Koral Chowk and other areas.
Sheikh Anser Aziz directed the concerned officers to ensure latest training of officers and technical staff of E&DM at local and international levels so that they could be equipped with modern technical knowledge of how to control the situation in any emergency.
He further directed to take necessary steps for creating awareness among the general public about the precautionary and safety measures against the fire incidents for minimum losses.
