Half a million visit Jeddah festival

JEDDAH: The third annual Historic Jeddah Festival has welcomed 450,000 visitors over eight days this year.
The official spokesman for the Red Crescent in Makkah, Ali Al-Ghamdi, said that mobile teams were on site at the festival, and were equipped with comprehensive medical devices to give first aid to anybody who might need it, and to face any emerging situation.
The Civil Defense team, in coordination with the Jeddah governorate, prepared a plan to enable them to face any emergency during the festival, according to statements made by the field commander of the Civil Defense at the festival, Lt. Col. Ahmad Naser Al-Ghamidi.
Al-Ghamdi said that the Red Crescent strives to offer emergency medical aid to the festival's visitors, adding that its director is available around the clock to review the smooth running of the teams' work. The director gives support to those responsible for offering emergency services in a manner that brings comprehensive support to all participating bodies.
Assistant director of the security patrol team in Jeddah, Col. Bandar Al-Shareef, said that the historical area has been supplied with 10 police patrols that start work at three in the afternoon and stay until midnight, while two patrols are stationed throughout the night to maintain the location's security conditions. In addition, there are undercover policemen.
The organizing committee is holding the festival's activities at 67 locations in the old city.