108 - Emergency Service

1-0-8 Emergency Response Service is a 24 X 7 emergency service for medical, police and fire emergencies. The service is available for the entire state of Andhra Pradesh ,Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Goa ,Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Assam, Meghalaya and Madhya Pradesh.



The main highlights are:

• It is a 24 x 7 emergency service.
• Toll Free number accessible from landline or mobile.
• Emergency help will reach you in an average of 18 minutes.

1-0-8 is dialed for the purposes mentioned below:

• To save a life.
• To report a crime in progress.
• To report a fire.

108 Emergency Response Services has also signed MOU with over 6800 hospitals which provide initial stabilization free of cost for the first 24 hours.

EMERGENCIES:
Medical Emergencies: Serious Injuries, Cardiac arrests, Stroke, Respiratory, Diabetics,
Maternal/Neonatal/Pediatric, Epilepsy, Unconsciousness, Animal bites, High Fever, Infections.

Police Emergencies: Robbery / Theft / Burglary, Street Fights, Property Conflicts, Self - inflicted injuries / Attempted suicides, Theft, Fighting, Public Nuisance, Missing, Kidnappings, Traffic Problems ( Traffic Jams or Rallies, raasta rokos etc ), Forceful actions, riots.

Fire Emergencies: Burns, Fire breakouts, Industrial fire hazards.

Do not call 1-0-8 if there is no ‘serious people emergency’. It is not a number for enquiry or information gathering. Do not play around by dialing 1-0-8 as a joke. Otherwise a call in real emergency could be blocked and a life will be lost. If you happen to call 1-0-8 by accident then do not hang up until the officer asks you to do so.

Ambulances Distribution in Various States:
Andhra Pradesh - 752
Gujarat - 402
Uttarakhand - 90
Rajasthan - 164
Tamil Nadu - 198
Goa - 18
Karnataka - 208
Assam - 147
Meghalaya - 15
Madhya Pradesh - 12

Testimony: (From a Friend)

Dear All,

I am sharing my personal experience with “108” (EMRI) on their Quick response. When I travel from Pondicherry to Coimbatore last Sunday (02-08-09) night by Bus, the bus met an accident with lorry in National Highway nearby “Atthur” Landmark: “Paaventhar college of Arts and Science”. Two of my co-passenger got injured. One is lady and second is her baby of 15months old. The lady had an injury in her hand and the baby was motionless. The First-Aid kit is also missing in the bus.

The accident happened at mid-night 00:57am.

On seeing the condition of the baby and mother, I immediately called 108 at 00:59am. Explained the state of injured persons and location of the place, Village, District & Taluk (assisted by a local person). It took around 3minutes.

At 01:03am (within a minute) I got a call from 108 with a conference to the district level center explained the exact location and condition of the persons injured. It took around 3minutes.

At 01:08am again I got a call from the Ambulance saying that they are on the way to accident spot.

To be surprise, the Ambulance reached the spot at 01:17am and started the treatment. The baby was brought to the active state (may be due to timely attempt by 108-EMRI) and medicines given for injured lady. At the end of their treatment both of them came to normal.

The EMRI 108 Ambulance reached the spot within 15minutes from the receipt of information to them.

Here I would like express one thing that except me, none of the co-passengers were not aware of 108. As I am aware of 108 through training given for EMERGENCY EVACUATION DRILL conducted in June ’09, I could help the co-passengers.

Regards,
Ur Friend

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