Punjab Emergency Service Department

The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) is the leading emergency service in South Asia. Rescue 1122 has been established under the Punjab Emergency Service Act 2006 for the professional management of emergencies such as road traffic crashes, medical emergencies, building collapses, fires, hazardous material incidents, explosions, flood & water rescue, and animal rescue etc. Rescue 1122 has rescued millions of emergency victims through its Emergency Ambulance, Rescue & Fire services, and Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) while maintaining its swift response and standards in all districts of Punjab province with an estimated population of over 110 million. The Emergency Services Academy has also been established in Lahore to ensure sustainable human resource development of emergency services in Pakistan which has so far trained over 20,000 emergency services personnel of all provinces of Pakistan. The Pakistan Rescue Team of this Academy is the first United Nations INSARAG certified team in South Asia. The Academy also organized the first SAARC Rescue Challenge.