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Business Recorder
03-06-2025
- Business Recorder
ESD rescues 211,354 victims in May
LAHORE: Emergency Services Department rescued 211,354 victims while responding to 210,360 emergencies across Punjab in May 2025. These emergencies includes 140,645 medical emergencies, 39,978 road traffic crashes, 5,526 falls/ slip, 4,746 crime incidents, 4,131 fire incidents, 4,003 delivery cases, 2,389 Occupational Injuries, 1,336 Animal Rescue, 1,038 electric shock, 331 burn cases, 140 drowning incidents, 96 structural collapses and 6,001 miscellaneous operations in Punjab. Expressing serious concern over 39,978 road traffic crashes, 4,131 fire emergencies and 140 drowning emergencies during the May 2025, the Secretary, Emergency Services Department (ESD) Punjab Dr Rizwan Naseer urged all citizens to ensure safety precaution while visiting water recreational sites during Eid vacations. He emphasized the importance of strictly following all safety measures, especially when engaging in swimming or other water activities. He specifically advised people not to enter the water or boat without wearing life jackets and overloading boats to avoid capsizing. As per data, 436 people died in 39,978 Road Traffic Crashes in Punjab during the last month. Out of these traffic crashes, the majority of traffic accidents 7,384 occurred in Lahore in which 38 people died. Similarly, 2,671 RTCs in Faisalabad, 2,527 RTCs in Multan, 2,139 in Gujranwala, 1,491 in Sheikhupura and 1,290 in Bahawalpur while the remaining 22,466 road traffic crashes took place in other districts of Punjab. Similarly, the majority of fire incidents took place in major districts i.e., 602 incidents in Lahore, 300 in Faisalabad, 206 in Gujranwala, 187 in Sialkot, 184 in Sheikhupura and 174 in Rawalpindi. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
The Citizen
24-04-2025
- General
- The Citizen
Watch: Waltloo substation fire sparks major power outages in Tshwane
A fire at the Waltloo Substation in Tshwane early this morning caused widespread power outages across multiple areas, with restoration timelines unknown as assessments continue. Pretoria Rekord reports that according to Tshwane Metro spokesperson Lindela Mashigo, some areas in Tshwane are without electricity following a fire at the 132kv Waltloo Substation. 'The Waltloo Transformer 1B caught fire just after midnight. This incident led to power trips to the supply areas of the Rooiwal, Pyramid, Phumulani, Waltloo and Koedoespoort substations, which are currently experiencing power outages.' He says the City's Emergency Services Department responded promptly to douse the fire, which has been extinguished. 'The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. A team of technicians, which has been dispatched to the scene, is currently conducting the assessment.' Mashigo says the team will immediately begin with repairs once the assessments on the extent of the damage and the amount of material needed have been completed. 'The estimated time of restoration for the mentioned substations is still not known. The city apologises for the inconvenience caused by this unforeseen occurrence.' He says resients will be kept abreast of the developments. Breaking news at your fingertips… Follow Caxton Network News on Facebook and join our WhatsApp channel. Nuus wat saakmaak. Volg Caxton Netwerk-nuus op Facebook en sluit aan by ons WhatsApp-kanaal. Read original story on At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Craven County Emergency Services to monitor incoming winter weather
CRAVEN COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — Craven County Emergency Services are monitoring the incoming wintery County Schools will be moving to remote learning Wednesday and will cancel all after-school activities for the day. They will provide an update on classes for Thursday by Wednesday at 5 pm. For the Emergency Services Department, their new Resiliency Renovation Project that opened Monday will help operations flow smoothly with the weather this week.'We've been monitoring, we've also been pushing out press releases and we've been sending out to what we call our emergency response groups and special interest groups and what we call vital facilities those latest weather reports to try to help them have a heads up and be prepared as well that conditions could be kind of bad through Wednesday and Thursday but we're still not there yet, we're hoping to stay on the warmer side of that system, but we can't control the weather so all we can do is prepare for it and be ready to respond.' said Stanley Kite, Craven County Director of Emergency Services. The Down East Ace Hardware sold out of salt brine, kitty litter snow shovels during the first snowstorm this year back on January 22. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
