Emergency Response Center set up at Clock Tower Chowk.

FAISALABAD -- Emergency Response Centre (ERC) has been established at Clock Tower Chowk to overcome fire-related incidents in eight bazaars of downtown area.

Chairing a meeting of district emergency board here on Sunday, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Imran Hamid Sheikh said that safety measures were imperative to control fire incidents in the city. In this connection, the building owners in markets as well as bazaars in downtown area were directed to install fire extinguishers, he said, adding that the concerned departments were also made alert to deal with any fire-related emergency in addition to setting up ERC at Clock Tower Chowk.

He said that representatives of Rescue 1122, civil defense, health department and other emergency organisations would remain present in the emergency response centre round-the-clock.

During the meeting, the exit plan of each building for evacuation in emergency...

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