Rescue 1122 high alert in flood like situation in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI: Rescue 1122, the Punjab emergency service isssues high alert in flood like situation and other relief activities along with other rescue department in the low-lying areas of Nullah Leh.

Spokesperson of Rescue 1122 Deba said that teams are fully equipped and prepared if flood hit low lying areas.

She said that the rescue office routinely receives updates from the Meteorological Department and the early warning system installed at the Rawal Town administration office will function 24 hours a day.

She said those Rescue 1122 teams were ready to cope with any emergency and that the holidays of rescue staff had been put off till September 15.She further said that 10 posts have been set up in complicated sections and are being operative in low lying areas to evacuate the flood hit people.

Deba said that Rescue 1122 keep in touch with the local administration adding that we have a motorboat, a recently purchased 40 horsepower engine, 16 life jackets, nine life preservers and other necessary equipment.

Earlier, the Rescue 1122 claimed that they rescued over one million victims of emergencies across the Punjab and conducted 916,701 rescues operations since its inception.