Dagupan will soon have its own emergency call center, expected to operate much like the popular 911 center in the United States.

The city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), currently under construction in front of the city hall, has been designed to provide residents immediate assistance to emergency situations in the city.

This was disclosed by Mayor Alipio Fernandez who just arrived from a four-day international forum on disaster risk management in Da Nang, Vietnam from July 14 to 18.

He explained that the EOC is being set up for the city to have a center of operations during calamities and where every citizen may call for help 24 hours a day for any kind of emergency situation, including crimes.

Fernandez said the presence of the EOC will support Dagupan’s position as the primary trading and commercial center of the north.

The city will soon acquire four sophisticated cameras to be installed in city’s major traffic intersections to help EOC perform its traffic and emergency monitoring function.

The establishment of the EOC, the first in Northern Luzon, is in line with the city government program to make Dagupan safe and responsive to all its citizens, including visitors.

Fourth District Rep. Jose de Venecia, his wife Gina, and officials of the city government led the laying of the time capsule, marking the start of the construction of the EOC last week.

“We will only have one command center where all information relating to all data and stages of developing calamities up to its passing can be obtained and disseminated immediately to all concerned,” said Fernandez.

The EOC will install several help lines where all citizens in distress or whose lives are in danger may call 24 hours a day.

The help lines will be manned by persons with disabilities trained by a professional call center instructor and supervisor.—LM

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