DDPM deploys heavy machinery, reinforces frontline Adds 30 Hotline to accelerate post-flood recovery

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On November 27, 2025, Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. (DDPM) directed the mobilization of flood relief supplies from regional disaster prevention and mitigation centers around the country to Songkhla Province to reconstruct impacted areas as water levels dropped. Operational teams and disaster relief equipment have been dispatched to aid people in areas that are still under water. The Ministry of Interior has asked all sectors to put up resources and coordinate efforts to immediately repair devastated areas. The DDPM has deployed disaster relief equipment, including 6,000 - 12,000 liter water trucks, 10,000 liter firefighting water trucks, food trucks, drinking water production trucks, water pumps with 4-16-inch pipelines, portable/floating water pumps, trucks with remote water pumps, and trucks with flood/floating pumping systems. These units have been deployed since the morning. Some have already arrived at the Songkhla Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Center in Region 12, which serves as the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation's resource mobilization point for public assistance.

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Furthermore, the DDPM has gathered disaster relief equipment and workers to clean up homes and roadways in locations where water levels have receded. This is done to speed up the recovery of impacted areas and ensure that they return to their former state as soon as possible before giving relief and assistance to the affected people in accordance with applicable legislation and standards.

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In parts where flooding continues severely, the DDPM has mobilized disaster relief apparatus and operational people to clean up homes and roadways in areas where the water has retreated. Rescue personnel have been dispatched by boat and air, particularly to areas on the western bank of Khlong U-Tapao and Khlong R.1, such as Khuan Lang Subdistrict, Hat Yai District; Khlong Hoi Khong Subdistrict, Khlong La Subdistrict, and Thung Lan Subdistrict, Khlong Hoi Khong District; and parts of Hat Yai Municipality. Teams will be stationed to help, evacuate vulnerable populations, and deliver water and food to stranded individuals until conditions improve.

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DDPM collaborated with the Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) to improve the effectiveness of the 1784 emergency hotline. This will communicate with the Songkhla Provincial Operations Center using the Traffy Fondue technology. This ensures that the center gets disaster victim information, assigns on-site teams to give prompt and accurate aid, and tracks the progress of relief efforts in near-real time.The DPA is collaborating with the government's Flood Emergency Operations Center to continuously receive reports and gather information on victims. We boosted our line count to 30 in partnership with the Territorial Defense Volunteers (TDV). We are collaborating with the government's 1111 hotline to accept public reports and requests for assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To date more than 3,500 instances have been reported. This will allow frontline workers to get ready for effective disaster relief and deliver immediate assistance to sufferers.

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