How does ur country respond to your urgencies?

[Cheema02]

In underdeveloped countries, it's a major problem because in that type of country there are very short budgets for national projects, especially for health, education, and technology. Unfortunately, we have an example of that kind of incident which was reported in Gul Plaza, Karachi, where, due to a heavy fire, more than one thousand shops were completely reduced to ash and millions of rupees were lost by many individuals.

That incident showed the weak emergency response system of our government and the main responsibility for that incident is the government because bureaucrats take a huge budget for their personal benefits, but for the public, they want to reduce the current budget. I think if that kind of incident was reported in their own houses of bureaucrats, then they knew the situation, and then they would invest more in emergency response departments like Rescue 1122 in Pakistan for training and highly developed equipment.

[iDEEMEE]

Emergency response in different countries differs, some better than others. Even in the first world countries with better emergency responses they also experience delay or setbacks in such situations the only difference being they have a system that manages this better than others.

[Mrbluntzy]

There was a fire out break weeks ago were a well known car dealer lost all his cars in his stands due to the failed security system in our country and the lack of rescue team made him loss everything and no single car that was rescued.

Has such a thing happened in your country?

I saw a news relating to this incident, can't help but felt so bad for the victim after they showed the before and after fire has caught burned down the whole cars there. The problem is not just about getting emergency response from the right organization but about making the people that are responsible for the incident to pay for the loss. Based on the information I saw online, owner of that car stand had and issues with someone and the person was responsibile for setting that place on fire and now he is no where to be found. If he really feared that they can be able to get to him, I doubt he will have the mind to set that place on fire.

[Ndabagi01]

It still depends on how your country values this agency that is in charge of fire outbreak rescue. If the government does not provide enough resources needed to help out during an emergency response, it becomes very hard for such agency to carry out their duties diligently.

Emergencies are supposed to be priority for all, but some governments don’t really find it worthy of that and that’s why even emergency numbers don’t function or respond as quickly as they can during emergency response services. Every country differ in the way they handle emergencies, and that also differs for countries based on their rating in the global most developed countries.

[SuperBitMan]

I have also came across this information about a car point burning down and that happens from Lagos Nigeria were the entire car get burned down without any help and before they tried to off the fire every get down.
I do not know how other countries may happen to go faster than one can imagined, because the incident that happened was very late night at that moment people are not that aware and you can not also pulled out the fire service at that time. Although, Nigeria is also another funny country were her government takes nothing serious.

Your country system is not working perfectly. If your country system is working perfectly then you should understand that we have the day and night shift for those working, if there is a fire outbreak once you call the fire service they should come, fire outbreak usually happen in the night, so the fire service should always be at alert especially in the night.

I’m from Nigeria too just like you and I don’t even know if we have a fire service because I have not seen them operate before, the only time you know in Nigeria that we have a fire service is when they want to do employment, that agency don’t do anything and they should stop that agency since they are not doing their job.
I have not seen any fire outbreak that they came to stop the fire.

[programmer3666]

Sincerely I am coming from the 3rd or 4th world Country, where emergency response are too poor and the security aspect is nothing to write home about.
The reason why I raised this topic is that, in other countries their emergency numbers responds very faster than anything else in our country, let say when there is a fire out break within a few minutes you would see their fire emergencies system will quickly respond to that urgency but in our country, I am not sure if they would respond even in the next 48hrs to know what was the problems.
There was a fire out break weeks ago were a well known car dealer lost all his cars in his stands due to the failed security system in our country and the lack of rescue team made him loss everything and no single car that was rescued.

Has such a thing happened in your country?

It is a normal issue across many developing nations, most especially in the Africa continent, the world emergency respond is not even in their vocabulary, if anyone ever encounters any form of emergency situations, you don't even think of calling any relevant authorities,  your first instinct is to call a friend or a neighbor because that's where the assurance lies. The emergency response bodies or agencies only work for the elites and industries that pay huge some to them, inform of support. The ordinary man on the street has no business calling any emergency respond units  because they will just frustrate you to death even when you eventually get hold of them.

[Unknown Op]

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Has such a thing happened in your country?

In many developing countries, responding to an emergency is a serious challenge. Problem is not about the lack of emergency numbers but it is about poor equipment, lack of funding and corruption. Sometimes people call whenever there is an emergency on emergency numbers but the team arrives so late, even after the damage has already been done. Emergencies do not wait; they do not give people luxury of waiting. A few minutes in emergency can make the difference between saving or losing life or rescuing someone property or watching them burn everything. The situation that you have mentioned is similar in my country. I believe it is the responsibility of the government to make emergency services a priority because no one knows when someone family is going to need them. Public safety is important and it is not dependent on someone's financial status or connections.

[Jasmyne]

Maybe it is this news that I also watched a video of on social media.
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He took 3 hours before the firefighters was able to get there, in a country that the government will be on the neck of the car dealer if he does not pay tax. The government of many countries have failed, collecting tax not to improve the country. This is very bad. Where are your money for tax going? Firefighters supposed to be government owned, but private ones can also be additional help.

I watched the interview where the car mechanic and the owner of the workshop explained how he called the fire fighters to come help him out but they said there was no water on their tank. You have to be very specific in the country where the incident happened because in a developd country, the owner of the mechanic workshop only need few minutes to call 911 and report the case it will not take up to 30 minutes the case will be resolved. Fire fighters are government owned but in a country where the tax payers money is not used for the right things you will keep seeing things of this nature the government of that country has failed.

[_act_]

Your country system is not working perfectly. If your country system is working perfectly then do you should understand that we have the day and night shift for those working, if there is a fire outbreak once you call the fire service they should come, fire outbreak usually happen in the night, so the fire service should always be at alert especially in the night.

This is how many countries are. The government will collect tax just as I have posted before, but the taxes are not translating to anything meaningful. This is one of the reasons I like the United States. Just call 911 and explain what is happening. You will see the firefighters response. There is not excuse that the government or firefighters supposed to have. They have to be at work during the day and night just like hospitals.

[Audrey Simmons]

There was a fire out break weeks ago were a well known car dealer lost all his cars in his stands due to the failed security system in our country and the lack of rescue team made him loss everything and no single car that was rescued.

Has such a thing happened in your country?

I know about the incident that happened, at the time they reached the place, I'm wondering what they intend to do, because the fire has already gone down, leaving only ashes, since they were late responding, who covers the bills?

In this same country, your neighbours are your firefighters, they are also who to call for serious emergencies, before thinking about the police.

[Popkon6]

Sincerely I am coming from the 3rd or 4th world Country, where emergency response are too poor and the security aspect is nothing to write home about.
The reason why I raised this topic is that, in other countries their emergency numbers responds very faster than anything else in our country, let say when there is a fire out break within a few minutes you would see their fire emergencies system will quickly respond to that urgency but in our country, I am not sure if they would respond even in the next 48hrs to know what was the problems.
There was a fire out break weeks ago were a well known car dealer lost all his cars in his stands due to the failed security system in our country and the lack of rescue team made him loss everything and no single car that was rescued.

Has such a thing happened in your country?

It happened in my country too but it was a bit different, a cloth shop caught fire, the road was so jammed that the fire brigade could not come. In the current situation, you can be more successful if you look at the developed countries. If the government of the country takes such measures, then it is definitely possible to develop our country, but on the other hand, corruption and laziness of people have accumulated more dirt in our brains due to which we do not want to work,
so our country cannot reach the development. We want to earn easy income, so it is definitely necessary to improve the country, especially for the safety of the people, improving the roads is the most necessary.

[laspol65]

There was a fire out break weeks ago were a well known car dealer lost all his cars in his stands due to the failed security system in our country and the lack of rescue team made him loss everything and no single car that was rescued.

Has such a thing happened in your country?

I know about the incident that happened, at the time they reached the place, I'm wondering what they intend to do, because the fire has already gone down, leaving only ashes, since they were late responding, who covers the bills?

In this same country, your neighbours are your firefighters, they are also who to call for serious emergencies, before thinking about the police.

Yes, you should have sought help from your neighbours and bystanders before the fire brigade arrived. Although if there was a water source or tube well nearby, you could have controlled the fire to some extent, in this situation it is best to use your available intelligence before asking for help from others. Since the fire brigade may arrive from a faraway place, it would have been best to initially control the fire yourself, which would have been the best strategy.

[Female King]

Even in the first world countries it's not all time that they respond to an emergency situation instantly, in your third world country i believe there where other days their emergencies rescue teams had also made some instant move towards an emergency situation like the fire outbreak you made mentioned, there are some areas in the country before fire fighters could get to the scene it might have been late sometimes due to the distance covered, in your our country most citizens are careless about their safety, most of them don't have a fire extinguisher in their houses, properties and business places atleast this would have help enough to calm some pressure when ever there want to be a fire outbreak, there are things we overlooked that's why ugly things happens to us most times.

[Wiwo]

Sincerely I am coming from the 3rd or 4th world Country, where emergency response are too poor and the security aspect is nothing to write home about.
The reason why I raised this topic is that, in other countries their emergency numbers responds very faster than anything else in our country, let say when there is a fire out break within a few minutes you would see their fire emergencies system will quickly respond to that urgency but in our country, I am not sure if they would respond even in the next 48hrs to know what was the problems.
There was a fire out break weeks ago were a well known car dealer lost all his cars in his stands due to the failed security system in our country and the lack of rescue team made him loss everything and no single car that was rescued.

Has such a thing happened in your country?

I remember over a year ago when my local community was under attack by Fulani terrorists, more than 15 people where killed, and it took almost a week before we see government agency responsible for securing thr country sovereign territory.

This is what is happening in most under-developed and developing countries that faces to problems of overpopulation and corruption in political system and in government offices/agencies who are most of the time underfunded.

[Qhunman]

I don’t even know if we have a fire service because I have not seen them operate before,

We have, and they have been operational and effective. I have seen them respond to several SOS calls and their response was superb, i love the fact that these men put their lives on the line to save lives and stop the destruction of properties, they have saved countless of lives and properties worth billions of naira, i think they deserve our appreciation for thier heroism.

Sometimes, when you call  the firefighters for a fire outbreak and they don't show up, could because they don't have fuel or their truck has broken down and yet to be fixed, Instead of blaming them for failing to show up, I'll rather blame the government for not providing them with standard and modernised equipments like other countries do, so the reason why they have not been functioning to the expectations of most Nigerians, is because they are inadequately funded.

[Nwadiche]

In my country, if you call the helpline for an emergency, they may respond late, but if necessary, they come to your side. But the saddest thing is that if you call the helpline among the law enforcement agencies in our country, they respond late. For example, if there is a fire somewhere, if the fire service is called, the fire service quickly goes to the scene and tries to bring the situation under control. But if the police are called, the police must first make a case diary to investigate the incident, and then take appropriate action after making the case diary. But such promptness to take action very quickly on the spot is not present among the law enforcement agencies.

Exactly what's happening in my country too, from what I've noticed it's seems the fire service are the only people who always respond so fast than other agencies. Why i said so is because there was a night when a hotel catch fire, just within 10 minutes we saw fire service arrived so quickly and did their best which they were able to handle the situations. But when it's comes to police case it's always different, in our country if maybe robbers are robbing somewhere and they called the police they always give excuses, they might even said they're only one or two police men in the station means they can't leave the station just to secure lives and properties. In our country is very hard for law enforcement agencies respond to urgencies.