Presidency Minister Gustavo Montalvo, who heads the 911 National System of Attention to Emergencies and Safety 911, announced plans to expand the system to 10 new provinces and 38 municipalities in 2019. This would bring almost total coverage of the service nationwide.
He also announced that the People’s Republic of China had donated 40 fire trucks that would begin to arrive next week and are part of agreements signed during President Danilo Medina’s visit to Beijing in November 2019.
He also presented a plan drawn up by the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), the National Police and the Attorney General’s Office with a strategy to fight the irregular activation of cell phones.
The meeting was held at the 911 Head Office and included Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez; Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance, Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas; National Police director, Ney Aldrin Bautista; the president of Indotel, among others.
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Diario Libre
30 January 2019
