During this year's Hajj season 1434, the Ministry of Health (MOH), represented by the Security and Safety General Department, provided , for the first time, four extinguishment service vehicles for rescue purposes when fire or trapping occur.
They are meant for tackling any incident until the civil defense equipment arrives.
These vehicles include fire extinguishers, modern rescue equipment. They are distributed to four hospitals in Arafat; they are Arafat General Hospital, East Arafat Hospital, Jabal Al Rahama Hospital, and Namera Hospital.
All the more, these vehicles comprise of a number of fire extinguishers with various sizes and types; this is in order to tackle all kinds of fire.
They were also provided with forced entry equipment such as iron scissors, electric wire scissors, iron hammers, sledge hammers, door-wrenching equipment, fire blankets, first aid bag, hand torch, and respiratory cylinder, among others of safety equipment.
It is worth mentioning that these vehicles were launched less than two weeks of its opening in the headquarters of the Ministry of Health (MOH) as part of the Safety and Security Program, implemented by the Security and Safety General Department.