The move is the first phase of plans to install stations across the country to reduce road deaths Six stations providing emergence services will be launched as a first phase of a project aimed at bringing down road fatalities in the country. Each station will include a helipad and a joint centre, with teams from the Air Wing, Ambulance and Civil Defence, said Ahmad Al Hamadai, director of roads department at the Ministry of Infrastructure Development. The stations, he said, aim to reduce road mortality rates, response time to accidents on main roads as well as boost traffic safety. The Ministry of Infrastructure Development, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior, conducted a study to determine the best locations for rolling out of the first phase of the emergency stations and the northern areas of the country were chosen. “The civil defence and paramedic teams in the stations will respond to emergencies or traffic accidents nearby and if support was needed from the Air Wing, a helicopter will carry the injured to the nearest hospital,” said Al Hamdai. A date for the launch was not revealed yet.