This document highlights PESD Rescue 1122 longstanding partnership with PEER and presents how PEER catalyzed its operations in Pakistan.

1. 4 August 2021
Dr. Rizwan Naseer, Director General
Founder Director General , Emergency Service
Emergency Services Academy
Islamabad, Pakistan

2. Case Study
RESCUE 1122 INSTITUTIONALIZATION
www.rescue.gov.pk

3. Dr Rizwan Naseer, SI
• Founder DG, Punjab Emergency Service
(Rescue1122) and Emergency Services Academy.
• Commander, UN INSARAG Classified Pakistan
Rescue Team.
• Ex Secretary General, Pakistan Red Crescent.
• Ex National Coordinator, Emergency
Preparedness, W.H.O. & Health Ministry of
Pakistan.
• Ex UNDP Consultant on Emergency Services &
Disaster Management.
• Ex Representative National Task Force on
Revamping of Civil Defence, Interior Ministry of
Pakistan.

4. 4
Pakistan
Area: 796,095 sqkm
Population: 216 M
Provinces: 5
PUNJAB
Area:
205,344 sqkm
Population: 110 M
District: 37

5. Common Emergencies
• Road Traffic Accidents
• Structural Collapse
• Fires
• Floods
• Earthquake

6. Disaster Management Strategy
 Planning & Coordination by National & Provincial
Disaster Management Authorities.
 Emergency Rescue Services for professional
management of emergencies.
 Community Emergency Response Teams at Union
Council level.
 Hospital Emergency Preparedness by Ministry of Health
NHEPRN

7. Disaster Response Strategy
Disaster Scale MANAGERS
• Small scale
• Medium
• Large
• Emergency Services
• ES + CERT
• ES + CERT + Army for Complex
Emergencies & Air Support

8. PEER Program for Pakistan
(Started in 2007)

9. Institutionalization of
Training Process
&
Establishment of
Emergency Services Academy

10. Emergency ServicesAcademy
Start of Training on 3rd April, 2006

11. New Emergency Services Academy
Start of Training on 1st January, 2015

12. Medical Training Activities

13. Rescue Training Activities

14. Fire Training Activities

15. Safe Driving Training Activities

16. Courses Conducted at Emergency
Services Academy

17. (Following PEER guidelines by PEER Instructors)
Course Name No of Courses
conducted
MFR Course 45
CSSR Course 35
TFI Course 23
Total 103
Courses Conducted at ESA

18. PEER Certified Instructors
Organization
Instructors
MFR CSSR CADRE
Rescue 1122 68 62 24
Pakistan Army 13 14 -
CDA 3 3 -
Red Crescent 2 2 24
Rangers 2 2 -
Civil Defense 1 - -
TOTAL
89 83 48

19. EmergencyStaff Trainedat ESA
Organization Trained
Rescue 1122 (Punjab) 17060
Aman Foundation, Karachi 484 (only MFR)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2396
Gilgit Baltistan 420
AJK 133
Balochistan 268
TOTAL 20762

20. Institutionalization of
PEER Training
in Pakistan

21. Institutionalization of PEER Training
Training of Master Instructors by PEER
Training of Community Response Teams
Training of Emergency Services (Rescue 1122)
Training of Instructors of Emergency Services
Academy under PEER monitoring

22. Milestones
2008
PEER Courses
included in Basic
Rescue Training after
adaptation
2015
Establishment of
Emergency Services
Academy
2005
Kashmir Earthquake
2007
Start of PEER
Program Pakistan
UN INSARAG
Classification
2019

23. PEER Implementation in Pakistan
 MFR & CSSR at Emergency Services Academy for
training of Emergency Services in Pakistan.
 CADRE for Community Emergency Response Teams in
all 3884 Union Council of Punjab.
114138 BLS Trained Rescue Scouts
HOPE by Ministry of Health - NHEPRN

24. National CERTs Challenge

25. Performance of Rescue 1122

26. Average Daily Emergencies
• Daily Total Calls 96413
• Total Emergency Calls 3617
• Medical 1968
• Road Traffic Accidents/ Crashes 1050
• Fires (Cylinder/ Explosions 01) 53
• Crime (Drowning 04) 120
• Delivery 125
• Fall from Height (Misc. 154) 92
• Average Response Time in Minutes 7 Min.
• Patients Rescued 3510

27. 17 Years Emergency Statistics
(Since 2004)
Emergency Calls Responded 8.6 M
• Road Traffic Accidents/ Crashes 2.90 M
• Fires (Cylinder/ Explosions 1832) 168415
• Structural Collapse 9961
• Crime 276072
• Drowning 14061
• Medical (Misc 834618) 4.43 M
• Average Response Time in Minutes 7 Min.
• Fake Emergency Calls Responded 4135
• Patients Rescued 9.5M

28. Issues & Challenges
Lack of
Purpose built
training
institution for
sustainable
Human
Resource
Development
Lack of
Political will
Retention of
instructors/
Permanent
faculty
emergency
training
Integration of
Training &
Operational
requirements

29. Pakistan Rescue Team of ESA
1st UN-INSARAG Classified
Team in South Asia

30. UN INSARAG Classification Process

31. UN INSARAG Classification Process

32. UN INSARAG Classification Process

33. Final UN INSARAG Classification

34. Way Forward

35. Beyond 2021- PES Outlook on
Institutionalizing PEER
District level Light Search & Rescue Teams through National
Accreditation Program of UN-INSARAG
Accreditation of Training Courses of ESA through PEER
Sustainable Training of Community Emergency Response
Teams/ BLS training in Educational Institutions

36. .

37. National Rescue Challenge

38. Thanks You!