DILG TO LAUNCH UNIFIED 911 EMERGENCY SYSTEM STARTING JULY

INTERIOR Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Monday said the Unified 911 Emergency System will start to roll out beginning July.

In a press conference at the Quezon City Police District headquarters, Remulla said the Unified 911 Emergency System will officially go live in July in the National Capital Region (NCR), Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), and Region 1 (Ilocos) and Region 7 (Central Visayas).

He said the Unified 911 will be powered by newest and most advanced technology and will be expanded to other regions in the succeeding months in line with the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr..

“We are going to deploy the latest technology in the world. Puwedeng streaming, maipapakita mo kung anong nangyayari sa iyo, may geolocator, para malaman kung nasaan ka,” he said.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary said that to  address prank and nuisance calls, the system has been designed with advanced deterrent features that will drastically limit such disruptions.

“Kasi ang experience niyan sa PNP (Philippine National Police), 60 percent of the calls are pranks,” he said.

Remulla said the 911 Emergency Hotline will now be a permanent core program of the DILG, fully integrated into its operational framework and anchored on the direct involvement of frontline response units such as the PNP and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), both of which are attached agencies of the DILG.

Meanwhile, Remulla said hotlines like the PNP’s 117 will serve as agency command centers to handle 911 calls such as crimes for the PNP or fires for the BFP.