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Summary About 400 rescuers will remain on special duties in emergency rescue stations during Eid days.
This was decided in a meeting chaired by Director General the Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) Dr. Rizwan Naseer. The emergency arrangements during Eid days in all districts of Punjab including Rawalpindi were reviewed.It was decided that emergency vehicles shall be deputed at all Eid prayer sites and sensitive areas along with trained emergency staff to provide immediate pre-hospital emergency cover if needed. Emergency Officers including trained doctors shall supervise the arrangements during Eid days.The leaves of the rescuers have been restricted in these cities and they have been assigned special emergency duties to effectively cover large Eid prayer gatherings and to provide the emergency medical, rescue and fire fighting services to citizens during Eid holidays.More than 400 rescuers will remain on special duties in district control room and emergency rescue stations, with13 equipped emergency ambulances, 11 fire vehicles, 2 Water Bowzers and 4 special vehicles.Special mobile posts shall also be established for effectively providing medical cover to the public gatherings.Rescue posts shall be established at Chandni Chowk Murree Road, Pirwadhai Morr, Civil Lines Station Kahcheri Chowk, Bahria Town G.T. Road, GPO Chowk Sadder, Faizabad Flyover, Liaqat Bagh, Nawaz Shareef Park, Jinnah Park and Ayyub Park.
