Specialized teams of the Public Security Directorate (PSD) in the Civil Defense Directorate (CDD), Regions and Police Directorates, supported by the Gendarmerie, dealt with many reports and incidents during the past hours, through which they provided assistance to citizens in various regions of the Kingdom.
The Directorate of Operations and Control, from this morning until 9pm in the evening, received 35,000 calls and reports from citizens, to which various field units responded, the PSD said in a statement.
The statement added that 1,600 medical cases that were secured to hospitals were dealt with, and 180 people trapped in rainwater in their homes or in their private vehicles were also secured and assisted, and they were transferred to safe areas, while the cases of dialysis that were secured by civil defense vehicles to hospitals reached 360 cases.
The PSD called for adhering to the advice and instructions issued by competent authorities during the prevailing air depression, as well as avoiding sides of valleys and places where torrents form, and the safe and proper use of heaters, and not hesitate to call the emergency phone 911 as needed.
Source: Jordan News Agency