By Peter Szerlag - May 27, 1999
Updated - 20 March 2000 - 14 May 2000 - 16Sept00 (86 FD info)
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Index
1. Bulletin + Introduction
2. Police
3. Fire
4. Ambulance
5. Dispatch
6. Further Info from Travel Guides
7. Links to Official City webpage
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Bulletin - June 16, 1999 - 2 died of heart attacks in Mexico City yesterday after a ?6.7 earthquake hit in Southern Mexico - much panic in Mexico City as people recalled the 1985 Mexico City Earthquake which killed ?10,000 people.
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Mexico City Public Safety
Mexico City is the Capitol City of Mexico. The city is also known as the Federal Republic of Mexico and it has a population of close to 12 million people.
1997 - public safety got a Ericcson trunked radio system at ?800Mhz or 380Mhz (?per Warren Whitby website)
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POLICE
(?Securite Policia) = City Police - white jeeps, cars, pickups - all officers have pistols - few have portable radios - few have handcuffs - some have machine guns - many wear external green bullet proof vests - all vehicles have an ID in bold numbers on outside of vehicle and on the dashboard next to radio microphone (seen on a ?1999 Mexican realTV show)
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Mexico City has 3 primary security forces (?1998 info from ?tour book or almanac) -
Auxiliary and Banking Police - 59,000 members - two government controlled agencies which rent out uniformed building guards and bodyguards
Preventiva Police - 35,000 employees - traffic and beat cops
Judicial Police - 3,700 employees - plainclothes detectives
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July 31, 1999 - Ticket books are being taken away from the 900 male traffic police officers in Mexico City - now, if a male traffic officer pulls over a vehicle he must summon one of 30 two-women teams to write the ticket - this reform is being instigated by Police Chief Alejandro Gertz - historically, motorists faced a $60 fine or a small bribe for traffic offenses - apparently it is believed that the female officers will be less corrupt than the males - - the area covered is Mexico City proper with a population of 9 million (article by Reuters News Service)(this is probably part of the Preventiva Police)
14 May 2000 - info from www.ddf.gob.mx - Preventiva Police were decentralized to 16 political delegations (?city administrative areas) in 1998 - traffic cops work 8 hour shifts - flat (foot) cops work 12 hour shifts - Preventive Police of the Secretariat of Public Safety - 2.94 trillion pesos is the ?city budget - Secretariat of Public Safety gets 1.0 trillion pesos - [fire dept went from 129 million pseos in Fiscal year 1999 to 333 million pesos in FY2000] (I need to recheck all of these numbers)
Regular Police Officer (May00)
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FIRE
Fire Department - 8 stations - seperated from PD in ?1999 - have ?2 rescue/extrication trucks - the University FD has a rescue squad also
December 1986 International Fire Chief magazine - there are 700 firefighters in Mexico City
14 May 2000 - info and photos from www.ddf.gob.mx/bomberos/index.html (and a few other spots on the city website)
From .mx/noticias/julio99/21c.html - 1330 firefighters - there are 10 fire stations in 9 of the political delegations - 7 of the 16 political delegations do not have a fire station - 125 vehicles (45% broken)
from .mx/noticias/febrero2000/17.html - 4890 pesos is the minimum wage for firefighters - some of them get a "pantry" (?food allowance) - 10 stations - FY budget raised to 333 million pesos/weights - 51% will go to equipment and infrastructure
1999 - Fire Department / Body of Firemen / Honorable Corpo de Bomberos - seperated from the ?police department - ?new independant body seeking lots of donations - seek 15 carros-bomba (motor pumpers) of 5 mil litres of water each + 15 dual cab pickups + 4 panel vans + 5 heavy rescues + 15 hazmat units + 17 patrols
from .mx/bomberos/nav.html - 1334 staff in FD - 900 are combatants - FY1999 budget was 129 million pesos - ?86% to salaries and supplies - very few pesos available for buying new equipment - 48,000 emergencies/responses in 1998
Photo of Firefighters - ?1999 - this is from the article about the Civil Protection Agency
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AMBULANCE
Red Cross - 80 ambulances operate from 20 locations - share Emergency Medical Services (EMS/ambulance) and rescue duties with fire dept, police dept, and volunteers - 3 crew members per ambulance - 3 shifts per day - average 100 EMS calls per day and 60 hospital to hospital transfers - even paid Red Cross staff do 1 shift of volunteer ambulance work each week - Condor is the police helicopter unit which does EMS work - info from Alejandro Segura of the Mexico City Red Cross on 10/1/98 - [email protected] (Nationwide - the Mexican Red Cross operates 20 hospitals in major cities - run 149 training sites for EMS workers - operate 39 nursing schools and 22 blood collection centers - have 225,000 volunteers (of which 6,000 are EMS or first responder trained) - they have 3,000 ambulance or emergency vehicles)
Volunteer Units - 300 seperate volunteer operations that all have seperate telephone numbers
Police - during weekdays, the police are the primary provider of ambulance service - paramedic level service available - police helo used for evacuations
Comments on Pirate Ambulances - ?December 1999
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DISPATCH
The effort to unify all emergency dispatching via the 081 (080) telephone number has not succeeded. (5/99)
The 080 number is like 911 in the USA - except - you pay a extra fee on your monthly phone bill to register your phone number, address, and medical history with the 080 system - medical advice is available to (?all) callers - the 080 system has offices (?calltakers) in 16 political delegations + Red Cross + Civil Protection + Public Security + Judge Advocate - the URL to see is www.ddf.gob.mx/services/emergencia080/index.html (in Spanish) - there is data for November ?1999 showing how many calls were handled - seems to be very low - EMS calls seem to be sent 50/50 to Red Cross and ERUM (Rescue Swarm) - ERUM has phone numbers listed in Emergencias telo #s on city website (ERUM might be the police EMS or the volunteers EMS)
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FURTHER INFO
Encyclopedia Americana - 1996 - Mexico City / Federal District of Mexico covers 579 square miles / 1499 square kilometers - approximately 30 miles in diameter - some mountainous areas - approximately 16 districts - miles of slums North and NorthEast of the Airport
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Fodors Mexico (Travel Guide Book) 1993/1997 - Mexico City - dial 06 for police - dial 5 768-3700 for fire - dial 5 395-1111 for ambulance - dial 07 for emergency info - Green Angels can be reached at 5 250 8221 - the Highway Patrol is at 5 684 2142 - the 24 hour tourist hotline is at 5 250 0123 or 5 250 0151 - the Pemex Bld is the tallest building in the city - the Latin America Tower at 595 feet is now the 2nd tallest building (it was the cities first skyscraper and has 47 floors).
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Lets Go Mexico (Travel Guide Book) - 1997 - Mexico
City / DF (District federal) - comprised of 220
Colonias (neighborhoods) - there are 300 different
Benito Juarez Streets in the city - street names tend
to be clustered logically and systematically -
streets named after European cities are in Zona Rosa
- streets named after large rivers are in the Reforma
area - streets named after philosophers are located
in the Polanca (are they really located there?).
Red Cross Amb 395-1111 or 557-5758 or 557-5757
(they are the fastest ambos but they do not speak
English) - Police phone number is 08 for the Policia
Judicial - dial 09 to reach an English speaking
International telephone operator - dial 06 to reach
Emergency Operators who speak Spanish and English -
for direct calls dial 01 first - for the National
telephone operator dial 02 - for directory assistance
dial 04
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June 14, 1999 - ?www.yahoo.com - about 20 million people live in the 600 square mile city
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Mexico City Metro Area = Federal District plus 27 adjoining urban boros in the State of Mexico - 1990 pop is 15 million - 1970 pop was 9 million - 1980 pop was 14 million
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at www.mexicocity.com.mx - Emerg Numbers - Police 06 - Red Cross 395-1111 - Emergency 08 - Fire 768-3600 or 560-3868 - Missing People/Locatel 658-1111 - the newest luxury hotel is the Marquis Reforma - opened in 1991 - ?20 stories - Presidente Hotel is 35 stories - Sheraton Hotel is ?15 stories - ?Dec 1999
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Info from the HighRise Buildings Database - the 3 tallest buildings in Mexico City are - Petrolaos Mexican (Petro Bld) - 702 feet - Latin America Tower - 668 feet - Hotel del Mexico - 573 feet
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Rough Travel Guide - Mexico - 1998
Mexico City - dial 080 to report emergencies - dial 557-?5757 for Red Cross (correct per city website)
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Info from the 1999 Michelin Mexico City Guide on page 57 - Emergency P + F + A 080 : Public Safety 060 : Fire 768-3700 : Red Cross 395-1111 : Medical Emergency 271-2222 : Rescue Squad and Medical Urgency 588-7418
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March 2000 - Info found on Official City Website
Official City Website - City Services Page - see Civil Protection (civil protection deals with floods and earthquakes)
Official City Website - Emergency Telephone Numbers
Official City Website - 080 System Info
FD 768-3700 : Red Cross 557-5757 : 060 : 080 - 080 number has a seperate file (looks like a pay service that gives enhanced emergency service) - there is also a message board and one of the topics is emergency service (5 March 2000 there were 3 letters dealing with emergency units that were stealing patients from each other - I have them stored away)
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05 Jan 2005 update
per the mexico City Police website at www.ssp.df.gpb.mx
Police 060 - Red Cross Amb 065 - Fire 068 - Police 060 - Judicial Police 061 - some areas have 8 digit numbers ofr amb and police and fire
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Secretar�a de Seguridad P�blica del Distrito Federal - Gobierno del Distrito Federal
Tel�fonos de Emergencias - Dependencia - Tel�fono
Cruz Roja de la Ciudad de M�xico - 065 - � Naucalpan 5576-3610 - � Tlanepantla 5565-3610 - � Ecatepec 5787-1540 - � Nezahualc�yotl Oriente 5742-2361 - � Nezahualc�yotl Norte 5780-3490
Bomberos de la Ciudad de M�xico - 068 - � Naucalpan 5560-3868 - � Tlanepantla 5565-3638 - � Nezahualc�yotl 5735-8758
Polic�a de la Ciudad de M�xico - 060 - � Ciudad Sat�lite 5562-0758 - � Nezahualc�yotl 5743-4343 - � Naucalpan 5560-3814 - � Tlanepantla 5565-3610
Polic�a Judicial de la Ciudad de M�xico 061
Escuadr�n de Rescate y Urgencias M�dicas (ERUM) 5722-8805
Protecci�n Civil 5583-1154 + 5583-1142
Fugas de Gas 5353-2763 + 5353-2823
Tel-sangre 5598-2752 + 5598-9272
Incendios Forestales 5554-0612 + 5558-3215
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Mexico City FD is at http://www.bomberos.df.gob.mx - looks like they have 12 stations now and went independent from the police in 1999
Civil Defense is at www.proteccioncivil.df.gob.mx
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Updated - 25 Oct 00 - telo #s from 1999 Michelin - Jan 2005 - misc info
