Using Modern Technologies to Cut Down Emergency Response Time

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, March 30th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, officially inaugurated the first phase of the Smart Civil Defense Stations project in Abu Dhabi. The ceremony was held at the Abu Dhabi Civil Defense General Directorate’s Operations Room at the Qubeisat Civil Defense Station on Monday. The project is designed to boost civil defense stations’ preparedness and operational capabilities, monitoring and maintaining effective command and control of events from the Operations Room.

 His Highness reviewed the project’s key objectives, which are intended to support and develop civil defense teams’ performance; achieve emergency response in the shortest time possible; and ensure timely arrival to the incident site. This would mark a qualitative leap in the quest t ... Read more »