Following the preliminary launch of the Unified 911 National Command Center in Manila last September, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) opened its first Regional Command Center in Cebu City on Saturday—allowing for faster, coordinated emergency response for Filipinos in Visayas.
During the launching ceremony at the Cebu Satellite Command Center, DILG Sec. Jonvic Remulla noted that before he assumed office, there were 37 local government units (LGUs) which operate their own 911 hotlines on top of 200 numbers handled by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), while “there were no calls anywhere in the country for any ambulance.”