Kunming Information Harbor News Reporter Li Hongluan On November 10, 2021, the first Kunming Veterans And Staff Vocational Skills Competition For Search and Rescue Dog Trainers and Firefighters and yunnan Province Veterans vocational skills competition selection competition were successfully held in Anning City Search and Rescue Dog Base and Kunming Fire Rescue Base Special Service Brigade. On that day, a total of 12 search and rescue dog instructors and 10 firefighters entered the rematch. Each participant is selected through the previous provincial and municipal fire industry vocational skills competition, and stands out as a strong warrior.
The competition has received the attention and support of many units such as the Yunnan Provincial Fire Rescue Corps, the Kunming Fire Rescue Detachment, and the Kunming Veterans Affairs Bureau. A total of 12 people participated in the search and rescue dog trainer rematch, and 10 firefighters entered the rematch. Zhu Wei, secretary of the party group and director of the Kunming Veterans Affairs Bureau, Yang Xiuguang, member of the party group and deputy director of the Kunming Veterans Affairs Bureau, Tang Yingjia, political commissar of the China Rescue Yunnan Search and Rescue Dog Mobile Professional Detachment, Lai Yingbo, director of the Political Department of the Kunming Fire Rescue Detachment, Zhu Junrong, political commissar of the Special Service Brigade of the Kunming Fire Rescue Detachment, and Li Nan, director of the Team Affairs Department of the Kunming Fire Rescue Detachment, attended the competition site.
At the scene of the firefighter skills competition, in order to reflect the professional skills and professionalism and test the comprehensive strength of the firefighters, 10 participants will compete in the four projects of "100-meter fire obstacles, climbing hook ladders, tackling skills, and limit crossing". It is understood that the 10 participants are from various fire brigades in Kunming, "they are all with many years of work experience, and they are the elite of each fire brigade." "Seeing the notice of the competition in the city, I actively responded to the call and enthusiastically signed up to participate, hoping to learn from better team members through the competition." After a day of competition, in the end, the first, second and third places came into being.
Fire dogs are a good helper for firefighters, and they are often indispensable in earthquake rescue. Among the 12 fire dogs in this competition are the common German black-backed, Kunming, and Marinois dogs. In this competition, they have to complete three subjects: "command obedience, climbing obstacles and box search and rescue". During the game, the whole field was quiet, the trainers and search and rescue dogs appeared energetically, the orders were crisp and clean, and a set of actions was completed smoothly and quickly. Most of the people participating in the search and rescue dog competition this time are horse dogs, who are better than other working dogs in terms of INTELLIGENCE, flexibility and obedience, and their bouncing explosiveness is good. "I spend eight or nine times as much time with my search and rescue dog as I accompany my child, and even when my child is sick, I don't accompany her", "Complete every training, perform every task, better than every race"... The trainers told the reporters the story of the search and rescue dog, which was actually the epitome of every member of the search and rescue dog base.
The relevant person in charge said that the skills competition will not only focus on the professional skills and professionalism of Kunming firefighters, but also let the public understand the greatest role played by fire dogs in rescue. "In the future, we will carry out more skills competitions to fully show the cool and heroic posture of our firefighters and the role of fire dogs in helping firefighters, of course, we will take this competition as a new starting point, we have a lot to learn, more challenges are still off the field."