Emergency calls can now be made using messaging apps and social media in Morong, Rizal and Mambajao

Residents and visitors of Morong town in Rizal and the municipality of Mambajao in Camiguin Island can now make emergency calls to their 911 command centers using their preferred messaging apps.

After Morong, E911 National Office, DILG aims to bring state of the art emergency response system to other LGUs

The town of Morong, a second-class municipality in Rizal, scored a feat this May by being the first-ever local government unit in the Philippines and the first in Southeast Asia, to put in place a world-class, state-of-the-art emergency response center with the Next Generation 911 System used in the USA to better serve their residents.