Egypt Public Safety
April 2000 - Egypt is country of 62 million people. Local government services are provided by 26 governates and Luxor City. www.idsc.gov.eg/govern has 2/99 info.
July 2000 - www.worldnews.com seems to be a good source of news articles worldwide
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Cairo
The Cairo Governate covers 608 square kilometers and has 6.7 million residents. Ministry of Interior services are provided by 23 districts and 36 stations. Within the area are 366 hospitals, 20,000 hospital beds, 10,400 doctors, and 538 chemical industry establishments. (Gaza is a seperate city/?governate ?across the river from Cairo)
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Per www.cairo-guide.com in October 1998, the emergency telephone numbers are - 122 for police - 123 for ambulance - 126 for tourist police. Time info in Arabic is available by dialing 15.
per Lonely Planet 1994 - Cairo Amb 123 or 770123 or 770230 - Giza Amb 720385 - Heliopolis Amb 244 4327 - Maadi Amb 350 2873 - Cairo Police Emergency 122 or 757 987 - Cairo Central Police Station telo number 13 - Tourist Police 126 - Cairo Fire 125 or 391 0466 / 0115 / 0777 / 0727 - Central Cairo area map shows fire station at Overpass Sharia Abdel Aziz near the Midan (Rotary) Ataba and near the Ezbekiya Gardens (park) - the subway system has line with 33 stations - the 5 subway stations in Central Cairo are underground - there are 30 story highrise buildings in Cairo
per 1998 Lets Go Israel - Cairo (?metro region) has a population of 17 million - F125 or F391 01 15 - A123 - P122 or P126 or P303 41 22 or 303 51 22 - Directory Assistance 140
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Cairo to Relocate Businesses to Protect Antiquities
March 2000 - City Travel Info with nice skyline photo
Also see "Egypt on the Net" - if you can find it.
The Cairo Opera House burnt in 1971 during a celebration. The State Info Service (www.sis.gov.eg) has a photo of the old building at http://www.sis.gov.eg/calendar/images/opraold.jpg . You can use the search function at the SIS site - punch in "emergency" to read about a Army Hospital and Emergency Center that is on the Red Sea for rescuing divers.
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1959 - Garden City in Cairo - a 30 story reinforced concrete hirise was built
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http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/oda/summary/1997/topics6.html - A 1996 building collapse killed 64 people near Cairo - Japan sent a rescue team to help with the urban search and rescue operation - 1 photo
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Alexandria Governate - August 1997 info from the www.idsc.gov.eg/govern website - Ministry of Interior operates 1 city + 6 districts + 3 villages + 30 subvillages - 2,800 square kilometers - 3.3 million population - 126 hospitals - 4,700 doctors
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per 1998 Lets Go Israel - P122 - A123 - Tourist P126 - Directory 125
per ?1994 Lonely Planet - F180 - P122 - Urgent Help 123 (?ambulance)
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Government. In 1895 Alexandria became the first fully constituted municipality in Egypt. Based upon an earlier organization formed by the foreign merchants, it had a high degree of autonomy in financing the city government. After the 1952 revolution the municipality lost its money-raising powers and underwent other changes. In 1960, in accordance with the national government's decentralization policy, the city and its hinterland were incorporated into a muhafazah (governorate). An appointed governor and mostly elected council administer the muhafazah and are responsible to the Ministry of Local Affairs. (July 2000)
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July 2000 - The Fire Chief plus 5 firefighters were killed in the collpase of a industrial building. 6 (?10) other people where also killed when this building collapsed in a poor area of Alexandria.
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Posted at 7:14 a.m. PDT Thursday, July 20, 2000 - Eight people killed in building collapse in Alexandria
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- At least 12 people were killed and 17 others injured when a clothing factory gutted by fire collapsed in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, police said Thursday. The dead included five firefighters and the commander of Alexandria's fire brigade. They were inside the factory investigating the cause of a fire that broke out late Wednesday when the six-story building suddenly collapsed, officials said. The cause of the fire in the poor Izbat Saad suburb of this port city had not been determined.
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Another Story About the Incident
Story from www.arabia.com - name of Fire Chief and Deputy given
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per 1998 Lets Go Israel tour guide book
Hurghada - P122 - A546490 or A546740
Ismailiyya - A123 - P13
Port Said - A180 - P122
Kharga - A123 - P122 - F180
Aswan - A123 - P122
Luxor - A123 - Directory 16
Marsa Matrouh - P122 - A123 - Directory 10
Fayyum - P123
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note to editor - check www.safetyonline.com for Cairo items - dont I have a story somewhere with more names of firefighters killed in Alexandria - did I post it to alt.firefighters or fireradio?
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Created 2 April 2000
Updated - 21July00 - Alexandria - 26Aug00 - Alexandria - 28Nov00 - 1 more Alexandria story - 30Dec00 - Japan team to 1996 bld collapse - 03Mar01 - more emerg telo numbers
