Rescue 1122

Background

The limited capacity to deal with emergencies and disasters was putting the lives and properties of the citizens at risk. This was evident from the fact that there were over 95% chances that in case of emergency; the victim will not get an ambulance for transportation, let alone timely emergency care by trained professionals. Therefore, it was quite clear that emergency management has been long neglected in Pakistan and there are no trained emergency paramedics even in the emergency departments of teaching hospitals. Moreover, pre-hospital emergency ambulance, rescue and trained fire services or a disaster response force were virtually non-existent which was blatantly exposed during October, 2005 earthquake in Pakistan.The Punjab Emergency Service Act was promulgated in 2006 to provide legal cover to the Emergency Services Reforms initiated in 2004 from Lahore. Start of Rescue 1122 was necessitated after the failure of repeated attempts to revitalize and modernize the old organizations mandated for emergency management.

The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122), Rahim Yar Khan started in 2007 with a hypothesis that if you are not even prepared for an emergency do not expect a miracle in case of a disaster. Rescue 1122 has now developed into the largest humanitarian service of Pakistan with strong infrastructure in all Districts of Punjab and is also providing assistance & training to the staff of other provinces. Rescue 1122 has been able to gain trust of people by rescuing millions of victims of emergencies through its emergency ambulance, rescue & fire services while maintaining its average response time of 7 minutes and standards in all 04 Tehsils of District Rahim Yar Khan.

Introduction Of Rescue 1122

The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) is the leading emergency humanitarian service of Pakistan with infrastructure in all 36 districts of Punjab and is providing technical assistance to other provinces. Rescue 1122 has rescued millions of victims of emergencies through its Emergency Ambulance, Rescue & Fire services and Community Emergency Response Teams while maintaining its average response time of 7 minutes and standards in all districts of Punjab province with an estimated population of over 100 million.Rescue 1122 is not just providing the emergency victims with the basic right to timely emergency care but believes in “saving lives and changing minds”. This is vividly reflected in the mission statement of the Service which is “development of safer communities through establishment of an effective system for emergency preparedness, response and prevention”.

In order to establish safer communities, Rescue 1122 is implementing the Community Safety Program which includes capacity building of community emergency response teams, school safety program, training of citizens in life saving skills and collaboration with Chamber of Commerce & Industries for fire and work safety. The details of Community Emergency Response Teams and citizens trained in Life Saving Skills are attached.
Emergency Services Academy has been established for sustainable human resource development in the field of emergency management which has been long neglected in Pakistan. This Academy is now imparting training not only to the emergency officials of Punjab but also to other provinces of Pakistan. The Academy imparts training in the fields of emergency medical training, fire fighting, fire prevention & investigation, urban search & rescue, high angle rescue, confined space rescue, water rescue and other emergency management skills.

Key Objectives

• Provision of the right to timely emergency care by providing quality emergency services as per international standards.
• Undertake research to recommend evidence-based measures to related organizations for prevention of emergencies.
• Contribute towards establishment of socially responsible community emergency response teams through awareness, enrollment, training & organizing volunteers for emergency preparedness, response & prevention.

Major achievements (Last 5 Years)

• Completed Bhong Rescue Station & services pending 2023.     
• Khanbela Rescue Station in progress (70% completed) 2023.            
• Sunny Pull Rescue Station in progress (development started) 2023. 
• Motor Bike Ambulance Service Started 2021.
• Patient Transfer Service (Patient transfer BHUs/THQs/DHQs or other districts) 2017.
• 6th National Rescue Challenge Lahore Won 2017.
• 7th National Rescue Challenge Lahore Won 2018.

Contact

District emergency Officer
Dr. Adil Rehman

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