Dubai Municipality confirmed that it has dealt, through its specialized teams, in partnership with the relevant authorities, with the prevailing weather condition in the emirate, by establishing a mechanism to prepare immediately to deal with emergency situations, drain rainwater pools with high efficiency, and process public reports in order to preserve public safety.
While the Dubai Police General Command called on drivers to be careful, in light of the rainy weather fluctuations that dominate the country during this period, stressing the importance of following all preventive measures, adhering to traffic laws and regulations, and reducing speed.
In detail, Dubai Municipality said that its immediate and rapid response to emergency situations during rainfall came within a proactive plan, which includes an integrated system of procedures and rapid and immediate response mechanisms to proactively deal with emergency situations and reports when they occur.
The municipality announced its direct and rapid response to the reports it received during the rainy season, through field emergency teams composed of specialized engineers and technicians, and assistant workers trained to deal with emergency situations.
She indicated the readiness of her emergency teams to respond quickly and address reports resulting from weather fluctuations and rainfall in all regions of the Emirate of Dubai, to ensure the preservation of public safety, according to a proactive action plan and a 24-hour program, in order to enhance its strategic focus in the integrated management of the sewage and drainage networks system. Rain.
The emergency teams for dealing with rainfall in the field, allocated by the municipality, include equipment to clean lines and treat their blockages, and trucks with cranes. It has also allocated a large number of tanks for transporting water, portable pumps, and portable ones, in addition to transport vehicles of various types, and mechanisms for pumping and treating aggregates and removing sand. And various types of waste. Water pumps were also deployed in areas that witnessed water accumulations.
She explained that she has provided field work teams, whose mission is immediate follow-up and processing of emergency reports, asking the public to report areas witnessing water puddles via the municipality application, WhatsApp, or by calling 800900.
The municipality confirmed that the infrastructure represented by the rainwater drainage network that it designed and implemented succeeded in reducing the effects and repercussions of the rain wave and the resulting accidents, especially as it worked to upgrade the old rainwater drainage network to become as efficient and capable as the new networks.
In addition, the Dubai Police General Command stressed the importance of following all preventive measures, adhering to traffic laws and regulations, reducing speed, leaving a sufficient safety distance, not being distracted by anything other than the road, and staying away from wrong practices such as reckless driving or lack of attention and negligence.
It confirmed its readiness to deal with reports of emergency accidents, whether in mountainous areas and valleys or to deal with traffic accidents that accompany rainfall, during the period of weather fluctuations, calling for people to stay away from water courses and not to cross valleys, in the interest of public safety.
Dubai Police warned against going to the sea in light of the current weather fluctuations, calling on the owners of boats, ships, boats, yachts, and beachgoers to monitor the weather and climate conditions, and adhere to the instructions, to ensure public safety, and to prevent exposing their lives to danger, given the strong sea currents and high levels of waves.
She pointed out the importance of adhering to the instructions and requirements set by the municipality and Dubai Police alike, at beaches and marinas, and responding to the “red flag” signal indicating the prohibition of swimming or sailing.
Dubai Police called on members of the public to contact the Command and Control Center in the General Department of Operations on 999 in the event of emergency situations, and on 901 in non-emergency cases.
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