JOURNEY FROM OCTOBER 8, 2005 EARTHQUAKE TO UN-INSARAG CLASSIFICATION on October 8, 2020Pakistan Rescue Team of Emergency Services Academy Rescue 1122 has become the 1st United Nations International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (UN-INSARAG) classified Team in South Asia after completing an extensive evaluation process of several years under supervision of UN INSARAG Mentors for National and International disaster response as per international standards. INSARAG is the […]
Rescue 1122 organises volunteers for safety promotion, management of emergencies on December 3, 2019Volunteers have been provided a platform to work with government organisation through Punjab Emergency Service Rescue 1122 for an effective disaster preparedness, response and prevention. This forum also helps the volunteers to bridge up the gap between community and government organisations. The Community Safety Programme by Rescue Service was started to establish Community Emergency Response […]
Punjab Emergency Service: 15 years of service to humanity on October 14, 2019The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) which started on October 14, 2004, has completed 15 years of serving to humanity providing emergency services in all 36 districts of Punjab, and during this span of time, the rescued over 7.5 million victims of different emergencies, established ambulance, rescue & fire services and community emergency response teams […]
Pakistan rescue team in final stage to be part of UN-INSARAG network on October 8, 2019The catastrophic earthquake of 8th October, 2005 in northern areas of Pakistan took away 70,000 human lives and uprooted 3 million people. After five years, in 2010, Pakistan faced another unprecedented catastrophe: floods that affected almost 20 million people and inflicted an estimated loss of Rs 855 billion. Since 2010 numerous flood have been hitting […]