This document summarizes Pakistan's Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER) which aims to strengthen emergency management in Pakistan. It discusses Pakistan's disaster management strategy which involves planning at the national and provincial levels, emergency rescue services, and community emergency response teams. It also outlines Pakistan's disaster response strategy based on the scale of the disaster. The document then details how PEER training has been institutionalized through the establishment of the Emergency Services Academy to provide training to over 20,000 emergency personnel.

1. Program for Enhancement
of Emergency Response (PEER)
for Pakistan
RESCUE 1122
www.rescue.gov.pk
(Ms. Roqiya Bano Javed)
PEER Instrcutor / Controller of Examinations,
Emergency Services Academy, Pakistan.

2. 2
Area: 881913 sqkm
Population: 225 M
Provinces: 5

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

4. 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

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

6. Institutionalization of
PEER Training Process
&
Establishment of
Emergency Services Academy

7. 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

8. 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

9. (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

10. Emergency Staff Trained at 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

11. Institutionalization of PEER Training
Training of 220 Master Instructors by PEER
Training of 120,000 Community Responders
Training of 20762 Emergency Service Personnel
Training of 864 Instructors of Emergency Services
under PEER monitoring

12. • Rescue Staff
• Volunteers
Printing of
Training
Material
2008---
Addition
into Basic
Training
MFR for EMTs
CSSR for
Rescuers
CADRE for
community
volunteers &
TFI / IWs for
Rescue
Instructors.
2008
PEER
Certification
for
Instructors
All Officers and
Instructors of
Academy were
trained through
PEER Courses
2008-2012
Courses
Adaptation
PEER Courses
were adapted as
per local
requirements by
PEER.
Instructors
2008
Integrating PEER Methodology

13. Procurement of Training Equipment
NEw
slide
s

14. Fabrication of Training Vehicle

15. Operational Rotation of Instructors

16. Establishment of
Emergency Services Academy
Borrowed Campus
2004
Temporary Campus
2006
New Emergency Academy
2015

17. Medical Training Activities

18. Rescue Training Activities

19. Fire Training Activities

20. Safe Driving Training Activities

21. National CERTs Challenge

22. Emergency Statistics
(Since 2004)
17 Years Daily
Emergency Calls Responded 8.6 M 3617
• Road Traffic Accidents/ Crashes 2.90 M 1050
• Fires (Cylinder/ Explosions 1832) 168415 53
• Structural Collapse 9961 92
• Crime 276072 120
• Drowning 14061 08
• Medical (Misc 834618) 4.43 M 1968
• Average Response Time in Minutes 7 Min. 7 Min.
• Fake Emergency Calls Responded 4135 0.03
• Patients Rescued 9.5M 3510

23. Issues & Challenges
Political
Ownership
Purpose built
training
institution for
sustainable
Human
Resource
Development
Retention of
Instructors/
Permanent
faculty of
emergency
training
Integration of
Training &
Operational
requirements

24. Recommendations
• 24/7 Emergency Management System
• Online Training Mechanism
• Training of Community Responders through
educational institutions
• Evidence-Based Research for Emergency
Prevention

25. Thanks You!