There is such a group of people, who are accompanied by the mountains and the forest, measuring the frontier forest sea with their feet, and guarding the peace of the party with their youth. When everyone is asleep, they are always vigilant and waiting; When the families are reunited, they stick to their posts and work hard; When danger comes, they go backwards and try to turn the tide.
"In the future, I may still be on the road to fire rescue careers, so don't forget the oath of oath ... In the future, I may not be able to take care of my elderly parents, wives and children at home for many years... In the future, I will definitely stick to my original intention and stick to my post..." "Charge forward when the people need it, save the people from water and fire, help the people in danger, and give the people strength." Bai Licheng, a firefighter after 85 of the second squadron of the Altay Detachment of the Xinjiang Forest Fire Brigade, wrote in a letter to himself at the end of 2021. Reading it again, he told reporters with tears in his eyes: "In recent years, I have insisted on writing a letter to myself every year. ”
For 18 years, Bai Licheng has been stationed in the northwestern border of the motherland - Xinjiang Altay.
Stationed in the frontier Linhai for eighteen years
"Bitter" half happy and half happy
In the winter of 18 years ago, Bai Licheng, a teenager who had never been far away, with the dream of serving the country from the military, stepped on the westbound train for the first time, bid farewell to his father through the window, and was determined to "live up to the expectations of his relatives." Unexpectedly, under the train, the harsh reality environment first poured a basin of "cold water" on him.
Extremely cold weather of minus thirty or forty degrees, high-intensity training, a large courtyard that does not even have a training ground, planting trees with a shovel... Bai Licheng still remembers that after 4 years away from home, he went home to visit his relatives for the first time, "long-distance shuttle to train, can't buy a ticket to go to other cities to transit, and then transfer to the train Bus County Township Shuttle, two days and three nights to get home."
Do you want to stick to it...
A sentence from the squad leader of the recruit company woke him up: "Bitter places and distant places are good places to make meritorious achievements!" ”
Bai Licheng (middle) and "comrades-in-arms" on forest fire rescue missions. Bai Licheng provided the picture
Since joining the army in the winter of 2004, Bai Licheng has served as a custodian, cook, ordnance officer, squad leader... No matter what position he is in, he gives his all. With a serious attitude, no matter what job he is in, he can do a line of love and love, because he firmly believes that "as long as he is responsible and self-motivated, everything can be done well." ”
Today, Bai Licheng's detachment guards the ecological safety of 2.25 million hectares of natural forests in Xinjiang's Altay region. Since the Altay Forest Area is a national first-class fire risk area, a key tourism area and a water resources protection area, and the last barrier to defend the ecology of the northwest of the motherland, the ecological status is very important. If the ecology is destroyed, it will be difficult to recover. This guardianship, the mission is glorious, the responsibility is heavy.
Rush to the forefront of forest firefighting
Fire half "dangerous" half
After the transformation of the team, in the face of the transformation from a single disaster species to a "full disaster species, large emergency", Bai Licheng's forest fire brigade in addition to the forest grassland fire prevention task, but also to carry out earthquake disaster rescue, frozen rain and snow disaster rescue, flood disaster rescue, mountain rescue and other comprehensive emergency rescue tasks. In particular, his detachment has carried out inter-provincial garrison tasks for two consecutive years.
Bai Licheng is on a mission to extinguish forest fires. Bai Licheng provided the picture
The most recent rescue occurred during the inter-provincial garrison in April this year. Since the end of November 2021, 180 fire rescue personnel of the Xinjiang Forest Fire Brigade have been stationed in Shaanxi and undertaken inter-provincial garrison tasks that lasted more than 6 months. Bai Licheng is also one of them. During the garrison, on April 2, 2022, the missing personnel on the northern slope of Qinling in Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi Province, urgently needed rescue.
"Iron footboard, living map, mountain pass" - Bai Licheng clearly described the disaster picture and rescue scene at that time. With excellent forest rescue skills, he and his comrades overcame difficulties such as high altitude and large temperature differences, fought continuously for more than 10 hours, and successfully completed the search and rescue mission of missing personnel for the first time. In addition, they also extinguished the "4.6" Forest Fire in Shanyang County, Shangluo City, Shanyang County, "4.9" Xi'an City, and Luonan County, "4.27" Shangluo City. Every time the task is completed, hearing the gratitude of the masses, seeing the relaxed look on everyone's face, the sense of value of work, the sense of professional honor, and the sense of personal pride, Bai Licheng is full of strength.
Become an omnipotent "retrograde"
"Easy" is half hard and half hard
The increase in comprehensive emergency rescue tasks means that the difficulty of rescue has increased, and the training content of rescue courses has naturally broadened. In the face of the new rescue subjects, Bai Licheng is full of curiosity, starting from scratch, learning one step ahead, and actively leading the class members to solve problems and overcome difficulties. His comrades-in-arms said he had learned to "go into the fire." Bai Licheng smiled: "If your own rescue technology is not good, how can you save others?" ”
In each course study, through the continuous combination of practice and theory, he not only mastered the operation skills of various types of rescue equipment, but also gradually explored a set of unique group training methods and a series of auxiliary training courses, effectively improving the professional training level of emergency rescue of the brigade. It is his strength not to be afraid of hardship, not afraid of difficulties, and willing to study, so that many problems have become "easy" for him.
Xiao Bai is no longer "Xiao Bai". He always firmly believes that "doing difficult things will be rewarded", surviving and looking back, the persistence and payment at that time were worth it, "because every time you master a rescue skill and method, the next rescue will minimize the loss of people's lives and property." ”
On September 13, 2011, the Hemu fire in Xinjiang, Bai Licheng and the "comrades-in-arms" fought continuously for 28 days before finally extinguishing the fire. The picture shows the 17th day of the fire extinguishing operation, and Bai Licheng is replenishing supplies. Bai Licheng provided the picture
From theoretical demonstration to practical testing, he designed himself, purchased materials by himself, learned to weld by himself, and after hundreds of tests, he finally realized the combination of forest fire truck and water pump modification. Bai Licheng provided the picture
During the period of front garrison in 2013, in the face of the lack of water sources often encountered in the disposal of border grassland fires, Bai Licheng immersed himself in research, completed the combination of fire truck and pump modification, successfully tested the water transmission distance, operating pressure and effluent head, filled the training gap of the combination of pump trucks, and expanded new ideas for fire fighting. "Later, I successively repaired more than 500 fire extinguishing machines for the headquarters, trained more than 1,000 local semi-professional firefighters for the station, and trained more than 40 backbone fire extinguishing equipment maintenance technicians." He said.
Wherever there is danger, there is a firefighter "retrograde" figure. To many people, they are like "Superman". In fact, like everyone else, their omnipotence is honed step by step through hard work and refinement of skills.
"We are the closest to the people, the team with the tightest contact, charging ahead, saving the people from water and fire, and helping the people in danger." Bai Licheng said, "The longer you stay in the fire brigade, the more you can appreciate the weight of the phrase 'always fight where the people need it most'." ”
Moving forward towards a new mission and a new journey
Half of the country is half of the family
In the face of a batch of post-90s and post-00s team members who have newly joined the firefighter team, Bai Licheng frankly said that "pressure will be", but he has the energy of "not accepting defeat" in his heart. The young man has good physical fitness, and "Lao Bai" does not accept defeat, so he gives himself additional training, "Since this year, I have run more than 1,000 kilometers, and I have not lost in this year's physical training and competition." Compared with the difference in physical fitness, Bai Licheng saw from the younger generation of firefighters the advantages of active thinking, quick thinking, strong ability to accept new things, and outstanding learning and comprehension ability. As a "senior," he argues, what the younger generation of firefighters need is a "breakthrough from 0 to 1 and from 1 to 100."
In the past 18 years, Bai Licheng has insisted on copying hot comments, recording his experience and insights on self-study notes, accumulating more than 100,000 words of experience and experience, and using little time to impart and exchange experiences and feelings, and winning the trust and respect of the team members with practical actions. Bai Licheng provided the picture
Like many firefighters, Not being able to accompany his parents, wives and children made Bai Licheng feel quite sorry. "Afraid of disturbing your work", "To help each other with colleagues", "When you go out to save people, you must pay attention to safety"... The family uses the most simple words to convey care and concern, along the way, it is the companionship and wordless and firm support of his family that has allowed him to grow from a child from a mountain to a backbone of the forest fire brigade.
Tianshan cedar, oasis poplar, Gobi red willow, desert poplar... After 18 years of perseverance, Bai Licheng has unconsciously fallen in love with this small border town of the motherland, breaking through and flying over again and again, and he has fulfilled the solemn promise of a forest firefighter with practical actions in ordinary posts. In the past 18 years, Bai Licheng has won three times of personal third-class merit, 1 third prize of the armed police force talent award, 8 commendations, was commended by the former Armed Police Xinjiang Forestry Corps as a good example of a new generation of revolutionary soldiers, loved their posts and dedicated to their work, was commended by the Forest Fire Bureau as the seventh "good look around us" advanced model, won the fifth national 119 fire advanced individual, the Central Political and Legal Commission annual "safety guard", the outstanding communist party member of the headquarters and many other honors.
In the face of the new mission and new journey, he did not have too many bold words, "In the future, I have many roads to go, but no matter how far I go, I will not forget the road I came from, and I will not forget why I started." In a letter to himself, Bai Licheng wrote.
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