LOG IN. UPLOAD PICTURES.
The Philippines has Zambo Mart to help propagate the Chavacano Language.
DILG opens 15 emergency hotlines in Cebu
- Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=1&rid=918686
- Thursday, September 1, 2016
- (PNA), RMA/AMD/EDS
MANILA (PNA) -- Department of Interior and Local Government has officially opened 15 emergency hotline 911 operations in Cebu City on Monday.
“We have launched 15 operators in Cebu particularly in Region 7 last Monday at 7 a.m. as part of the nationwide system hotline engagement, they are now providing assistance to our Cebuanos,” Dir. Edgar Allan B. Tabell, Executive Director of PATROL 117 Commission said in an interview.
Tabell stressed that they have drafted an executive order to be submitted to the Office of the President wherein proposals for the enhancement of the hotline 911 was included.
“We have drafted an Executive Order that pertains to the agency that will lead and operate 200 operators all over the country, the proposed 2017 budget of maximum of Php300-million but we are calibrating it and the exclusive free call to 911 which proposed to be funded by the government. Furthermore, we also asked the Telcos to lower down fees.” he said.
Tabell also said that aside from Cebu, they were prioritizing the first operations, which will be facilitated in Bataan, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Sultan Kudarat and Bulacan. He also said that in the next two weeks, LGUs would now be linked to 911.
"As of now, what we are focusing is the increased of hired call agents and equipment, we have 175 agents all over the country that supervise the calls, we hired people from our sister-agencies, the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP) and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), trained four days by veterans agents. Aside from them, we are prioritizing the capacity of calls to be accommodated. In the long run, the 911 hotline will be applicable to landline and mobile phones.” He added.
He also said that average of emergency calls increases into 8.1 percent this month higher than they expected of 5 percent during its launch. The prank calls, however decreases into 17 percent.