DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Friday turned over more than P68 million worth of emergency vehicles and equipment to Central 911 as part of the city's Peace and Order and Disaster Preparedness Program.
These include equipment for communications, water search and rescue, collapse structure rescue, firefighting, high angle rescue, and medical.
Duterte said the purchase of said equipment is not a legacy but a fulfillment of what he promised to the people of Davao.
"These are state of the art. I'd like to make it clear especially for those who are non-believers, this is worth P68 million. We have amphibians, vehicles that can swim in water and travel in land, more water boats which can help us in emergencies," Duterte said in an interview at Davao Convention and Trade Center where he headed the joint meeting of the City Peace and Order Council (CPOC), People's Law Enforcement Board (Pleb), and City Anti-Drug Abuse Council (Cadac).
The equipment are expected to improve even more the response of the Central 911 under Ret. Col. Mario Monsanto, who is the chief operating officer of the Davao City 911 Center.
Members of response teams under Central 911 also received a lecture from the City Mayor on the proper use of the equipment. Duterte recalled a time when a rushing fire truck ran over a student outside University of Mindanao in Matina.
"That's what I really do not like. You do not kill another person while trying to save another. Ayaw ko yang nago-over speeding kayo. Emergency does not mean you have to go over speeding. Take good care of it and use it wisely," he said.
The equipments are valued at P68,543,643.30.
Some 21 units of vehicles sum to P46,311,302.50, which breaks down to rescue vehicle, multi-purpose water tanker, Argo amphibious all terrain vehicle, ambulance, and 10 police mobile patrol cars.
The communications equipment sum to P2,400,000 made off a sum of 130 units of Icom M34 Marine VHF Portable Radios, Motorola GP-3188 VHF Portable Radios, Motorola VHF Base Radio with Larsen Antenna.
The water search and rescue equipment sum to P5,936,300 some of which are inflatable rubber boats, rigid hull fiberglass boats, personnel floatation devices.
The Collapse Structure Rescue Equipment summed to P2,078,510 some of which are Vibrascope Victim Location System, chainsaw Cut-off Saw, Diamond cutting wheel.
Firefighting equipments sum to P5,167,252 some of which are self contained breathing apparatus, turn-out gears, chrome halligan tool.
The high angle rescue equipment sum to P436,768.80 most of which are ropes, adjustable anchor strap, double pulley with aluminum sheave and others.
The medical equipment summed to P6,204,510 some of which are AED little anne training system, ambulance cot, automated external defibrillator. (JCZ)
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