BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Xinjiang Altay is known as the "golden mountain and silver water". This year marks the 20th year of the altay detachment of the Xinjiang Forest Fire Brigade, which guards the ecological security barrier of northern Xinjiang. Every year from June to October, they will go deep into the key forest areas of fire risk to carry out the front garrison mission, and successfully extinguish a number of forest and grassland fires. But when they take off their fire suits and return home, they are also ordinary husbands and fathers.
The Baihaba Garrison Detachment of the Xinjiang Forest Fire Brigade is on duty in the forest area Wang Henghui of the Altay Forest Fire Brigade
The scorching heat trains elite soldiers
Wearing a breathless fire fighting and rescue suit, carrying 20 pounds of fire fighting equipment on his back, putting on heavy rescue boots, a piece of equipment has not yet been worn, Zou Wenqiang's forehead has begun to emit fine beads of sweat.
He is the squad leader of the fourth squadron of the Forest Fire Detachment in the Altay region, and as a veteran of the team for 9 years, he has experienced this familiar action process thousands of times. Implement handling, log cutting, fire extinguishing bomb throwing... By the time I took off my helmet to breathe, I was already sweating profusely on my head, and sweat could be poured out of my rescue boots.
In June this year, during the period when the ultraviolet rays in Xinjiang's Altay region were at their strongest, the "Guard Jinshan 2022" field training and "Flame Blue" competitions of the Forest Fire Fighting Detachment in the Altay region kicked off. The whole content of the competition covers 26 contents in 14 subjects in three modules of fire fighting, comprehensive rescue and physical fitness competition, all of which are necessary for actual combat, quality must, and post training.
Preparing for a contest is a painful and long journey. In the early morning, the first rays of sunlight shone on the training ground, the shouts of the heavens were heard, the competition team members were training, and beads of sweat dripped from the tanned faces of the team members. At night, after the lights out ring, the corridor of the dormitory will sound a series of snoring. They don't put "tired" on their lips, but the speed of falling asleep upside down and the heavy snoring say it all.
"The high summer temperatures in Xinjiang can better simulate the environment and state of the fire field." In the view of Wang Jing, the squadron leader of the fourth squadron of the forest fire brigade in the Altay region, the hot summer trains elite soldiers, and the "summer training three volts" has an ulterior motive, "In fact, training is the best when it is hot, and the physical state and function of people in the summer are the best, these projects have certain dangers in rescue, so they need to train when the physical state is the best, which is also the time when the results are most easily improved." ”
The members of the competition are competing in a comprehensive energy competition, and Zhang Hao of the Altay Forest Fire Detachment is photographed
Head-to-head battle for fire
"The purpose of preparing for the competition is to be able to withstand the test of actual combat," Bai Licheng, third-level fire chief of the second squadron of the Altay Detachment of the Xinjiang Forest Fire Brigade, deeply understood this sentence.
The Altay Forest Fire Brigade was established on November 18, 2002, and is responsible for comprehensive emergency rescue tasks such as regional forest and grassland fire fighting, emergency rescue and special disaster rescue.
In training, other teammates did 15 on single and double bars, Bai Licheng insisted on doing 20, and the five-kilometer training did not run to excellence, and he ran another one by himself. During the preparation for the competition, more than 10 obvious calluses on his hands were a testimony to the solid training of the post-85 firefighter. When danger comes, these are also the skill guarantees for him to charge forward and dare to confront the fire demon head-on.
In October 2018, a fire broke out in a three-story wooden house in the station, and Bai Licheng's squadron received the police and went to deal with it. The situation was critical due to the storage of 2 gas tanks in the fire room that were not transported in time. The fire was raging and touched the hearts of everyone present at all times, but due to the lack of professional equipment, it was very dangerous for the team members to enter the room to extinguish the fire. At this moment, Bai Licheng made a clever move, let the team members break the glass of the room window and use the high-pressure pump to pounce, but he broke into the room alone to remove the trachea, successfully resolving the danger.
In the 18 years since he joined the team at the age of 18, Bai Licheng has won three times of personal third-class merit, 1 third prize of the armed police force talent, and 8 commendations, and has been commended by the former Xinjiang Forestry Corps of the Armed Police as an advanced model of a new generation of revolutionary soldiers who love their posts and dedicate themselves to their work, and has been commended by the Forest Fire Bureau as an advanced model of the seventh "Good Look Around Us", and has won many honors such as the Fifth National 119 Advanced Individual in Fire Fighting, the annual "Safety Guard" of the Central Political and Legal Commission, and the outstanding communist party member of the headquarters.
The national 119 advanced individuals Bai Licheng. Photo by Zhang Hao of the Altay Forest Fire Brigade
Everyday Preventing Unburned "Burning"
It is better to have no fire for a thousand days than to be defenseless for a day. Located in the north of Xinjiang, the Altay region has a complex and diverse landform type, including Kanas, known as the "wonderland on earth and the garden of the gods", and the "photographer's paradise". The Altai Mountains forest area is one of the six major forest areas in the country and has extremely rich forest resources.
Forest fires are known as nature's destroyers. Since its establishment, every year from July 10 to October 10, when heavy snow closes the mountain, the Altay Forest Fire Brigade will send commanders and fighters to Kanas to carry out the forward garrison mission.
Due to the dry and hot summer, herders and tourists entering the mountains and forests are very easy to cause forest fires, especially this year's forest fire prevention situation is extremely severe, to a large extent will continue the historical high situation, forest fire prevention work is extremely important.
Diao Wei, commander of the third squadron of the Altay detachment of the Xinjiang Forest Fire Brigade, said that due to the living habits of local herders, they are often seen to make fires in the forest area for cooking, and the team members will immediately come forward to stop it. "The herders are all ethnic minority compatriots, the language is not spoken, it is very difficult to communicate, and sometimes there are some small misunderstandings." He said that most ethnic compatriots will show understanding and cooperation, and communication and ethnic relations handling skills are the pressure that team members need to bear.
In view of the increase in tourists in the scenic spot during the festival and the difficulty of fire control, the Altay Forest Fire Detachment invested more patrol forces to increase the patrol area, and increased the publicity of fire prevention. Team members often use their rest time to form a "science popularization team" to distribute fire prevention leaflets in scenic spots, popularize forest fire prevention knowledge and related laws and regulations for tourists, and eliminate fire hazards from the source.
During the festival, the "Popular Science Backpack Team" went deep into the scenic spot to carry out fire prevention duty Zhang Hao of the Altay Forest Fire Detachment
The small family guards the Wanjia family
In the eyes of outsiders, it may be happy to be able to perform duty in scenic spots, accompanied by beautiful scenery every day, and breathe fresh air every day. But for the forest firefighters stationed here all year round, there are still many wordless pains and thoughts behind them.
On October 1, 2019, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Baihaba Garrison Detachment of the Xinjiang Forest Fire Brigade, as a professional forest fire prevention and extinguishing force stationed in the scenic spot, entered a state of combat readiness from September 20.
The team members of the fire prevention duty point start duty at 8 o'clock every morning, and can return to the garrison point at 9 o'clock in the evening, and the daily duty time in Kanas, which reaches an altitude of more than 1500 meters, lasts for more than 10 hours a day. In order to be able to transport supplies and rescue in time, the garrison detachment also has to ride horses in the forest area. Roads in forest areas are complex, and accidents can occur if you are not careful. Long-term horseback riding is also particularly exhausting, and at the end of the patrol day, the team members' whole body pain even exceeds the usual high-intensity training.
However, these even make them feel insignificant compared to the guilt of facing their families.
Song Wentao, the captain of the brigade at the time, remembered that this year's Mid-Autumn Festival was his duty duty, and his wife rushed to the garrison with her daughter on a bus for eight hours without saying hello. That year, his daughter was nine years old, but the father and daughter had never spent a Mid-Autumn Festival together. "I especially wanted to spend time with them, but I was afraid that the war preparation period would affect the team's actions, so I dismissed this idea." He regretted that he had not fulfilled his responsibilities as a lover and father.
This may be the voice of many veteran firefighters, but the mission and responsibility on their bodies also make them have a different understanding of family reunions. The people celebrate the festival firefighters passed, and the family did not round the whole family. Song Wentao said: "We all know that only when there is a country can there be a home, and a country is a million families. (End)
Source: China News Network