112 - number for emergency assistance
The Prime Minister recently approved an emergency communications project on receiving request emergency assistance on a national scale.
Accordingly, people who need emergency rescue services from any part of the country will be able to call 112 number for receiving request emergency assistance.
The project aims to build a general emergency communications system to receive requests for help in conformity with international practices.
The objective is to improve the efficiency of search and rescue operations and limit losses.
The Prime Minister asked the National Steering Committee on Disaster Prevention and Control and the National Committee for Search and Rescue to help ministries, sectors and localities to build and update plans in response to specific disasters, particularly storms, floods, prolonged drought, landslides and earthquakes.
The Prime Minister has also issued a directive asking all ministries, sectors and localities to intensify disaster prevention efforts and search and rescue missions.
The National Committee for Search and Rescue has been asked to prepare equipment, increase the capacity of search and rescue forces, organise more rescue drills and intensify international cooperation in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
The Government leader also required the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to follow a close watch on weather developments and alert people of potential disasters.
The Ministry of Transport was requested to upgrade infrastructure, especially in areas prone to flooding.
The project aims to build a general emergency communications system to receive requests for help in conformity with international practices.
The objective is to improve the efficiency of search and rescue operations and limit losses.
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The Prime Minister has also issued a directive asking all ministries, sectors and localities to intensify disaster prevention efforts and search and rescue missions.
The National Committee for Search and Rescue has been asked to prepare equipment, increase the capacity of search and rescue forces, organise more rescue drills and intensify international cooperation in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
The Government leader also required the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to follow a close watch on weather developments and alert people of potential disasters.
The Ministry of Transport was requested to upgrade infrastructure, especially in areas prone to flooding.
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