Hiking trails, navigating the coastline, chasing the waves...... In Shenzhen, the city of mountains and seas, the unique outdoor resources attract countless citizens and tourists to enjoy the beautiful scenery of nature. In the era of Internet self-media, more and more "bloggers" share their travel experiences and strategies on major Internet platforms after completing outdoor experience activities in person. As everyone knows, behind this beautiful picture, there may also be hidden security risks.
Every holiday, the news of "tourists trapped in the mountains and forests" and "trapped on the seaside reef" frequently appears on major media platforms. The safety warning work of the management department is becoming more and more detailed, and the safety rescue force is becoming more and more perfect, but accidents caused by non-compliance with safety regulations still occur from time to time.
The "May Day" holiday is approaching, looking back at the data of previous years, the accidents that come with the peak of travel are more frequent. In order to let more citizens and tourists understand the risks of travel and help prevent risks, the reporter of Jingbao had in-depth exchanges with the senior mountain rescue police, the relevant person in charge of the emergency department, the person in charge of the fire rescue team and the professional rescue agency of Shenzhen Dapeng Police, and discussed where is the bottom line of safety for citizens and tourists to travel outdoors on holidays?
▲During the 2022 National Day holiday, the rescue team of Dapeng New Area safely escorted the trapped people in Dayan Peak down the mountain.
Seven people were trapped on the coastline on foot, and the police rescued them in a thrilling way
On the stormy sea, the waves continued to hit the reef on the shore, and more than ten meters from the shore, a rescue boat kept rocking. Zhao Yonghui, a police officer from the Nanao Police Station, held the boat tightly with one hand and the walkie-talkie with the other. This scene occurred in Dapeng on April 6 this year, when 7 young tourists were trapped on the reef when crossing the coast of Dongjiawan, and the Dapeng police rushed to rescue them.
"The weather was very bad and the caller was on an undeveloped wild road. Zhao Yonghui recalled that at that time, when the sea was high and the waves were urgent, Zhao Yonghui and his colleagues drove a boat to the sea to carry out rescue, and the police uniform was soaked, and the target coast, which could be reached in 3 minutes, sailed for nearly 15 minutes.
In the wind and waves, Zhao Yonghui saw a group of 7 people curled up on the rugged and slippery reef from a distance, the situation was urgent, and an accident could occur if he was not careful. The sea was stormy and there were many underwater reefs, and the experienced Zhao Yonghui risked hitting the reef, and after many attempts, the rescue boat forcibly approached the reef and successfully picked up the seven trapped tourists on the boat and sent them ashore safely.
"Don't dare to run around anymore, I'll cause you trouble!" After being rescued ashore, Ms. Zhang, the policeman, cried and apologized to Zhao Yonghui.
It turned out that Ms. Zhang and her entourage saw other bloggers posting travel tips on Xiaohongshu, and thought that crossing the coastline was a cool and beautiful thing, so they made an appointment to go to the beach to experience it. Due to weather conditions, the originally appointed guide thought that there was a safety risk, so he took the initiative to withdraw from the group.
After discussing with her friends, Ms. Zhang felt that "they have come here", and the introduction of the online blogger was not difficult, so they unanimously decided to take the risk, and finally the weather changed suddenly, and the seven people fell into danger.
Compared with sea rescue, Dapeng police received more rescue information from the mountains.
Dapeng Peninsula is backed by mountains, surrounded by the sea on three sides, the mountains are dangerous and the forests are secluded, the stacked springs and waterfalls, the sea and the sky are one color, the scenery is wonderful, attracting many outdoor sports enthusiasts, but many young people lack outdoor safety knowledge, lack of experience in wild survival, and also take some undeveloped wild roads, and even cross the inaccessible jungle, so the distress police such as getting lost and injured are more frequent.
"Non-touristy fixed routes, the most prone to accidents. Zhou Qi, a police officer from the Nanao Police Station, said. Travelers have summarized and shared many "Internet celebrity" crossing lines: Qiniang Mountain trekking, Dongxichong Coastal Crossing Line, Sai Kung E Gong Wan Crossing Line...... In many outdoor routes, if you step into a "wild road" that is not a designated route, the risk is uncontrollable.
The traveler was rescued, and he turned around and posted "beautiful pictures" in the circle of friends
Accidents will inevitably happen when playing outdoors, and as a rescue team that guards safety, everyone is ready at any time. If the rescue force can quickly find and help the injured tourists in the prescribed safety route, and the rescue force needs to spend more time and energy to find and rescue the "wild road" in the case of a "wild road".
"It can be as short as three or five hours, and at most more than ten hours, and we have to do our best if tourists are in danger. In the mountains and forests, it takes a lot of time to confirm the specific location of the trapped people, and it is often difficult to find the trapped people and bring them to a safe place.
The biggest reason for this predicament is likely to be that tourists get lost in order to "take a small road" or "take a shortcut", and fall and sprain in a place where there is no road.
In 2023, Zhao Yonghui once handled a police case. A man got lost while walking alone on a wild road and accidentally sprained his foot and could not walk. Because the stretcher could not be used on the wild road, the rescuers helped the injured man and walked for more than ten hours before he walked out of the mountain forest.
Obviously, in an inaccessible area, the rescue is extremely difficult, and similar cases are not uncommon.
A few months ago, a young woman who worked for a company hiking Qiniang Mountain alone because she saw a play guide on the Internet, got lost in the process of walking the "path", and after her mobile phone ran out of battery, the woman was isolated and helpless, and she spent a dangerous and difficult night holding a tree in the mountain forest.
"Many tourists look at other people's Moments and Xiaohongshu on the Internet, and feel that the scenery is beautiful, and it is easy to hike, and they are overconfident in themselves. Zhao Yonghui said that he has participated in more than 70 rescues, and many of the rescued people followed suit after seeing the routes shared by others on the Internet, only to find that it was not so easy to walk.
Another time, Zhao Yonghui and his colleagues rescued the trapped people down the mountain after several hours, and after the rescued person left the police room, they immediately posted beautiful pictures in the circle of friends, without saying a word about their experience of being rescued in distress.
In this regard, Zhao Yonghui could only look at the circle of friends and smile bitterly, "It is human nature to only be willing to share the good side." But as a rescuer who has experienced many dangerous situations, he hopes that more people can understand the truth behind these "beauty".
Internet celebrity check-in places are also likely to be common accident spots
With 4 of the city's 10 independent peaks, one-half of the city's coastline and 48 of the 50 beaches, Dapeng New Area is an outdoor sports resort in Shenzhen and even the Pearl River Delta, receiving more than 2 million outdoor sports enthusiasts every year. However, because the forest land under its jurisdiction is basically a nature reserve and has not yet been developed, there are certain risks in outdoor sports.
"If you choose to hike the country trails and scientific expedition routes, safety is guaranteed, and some 'travelers' like to challenge and love to take the 'wild roads' that deviate from these main roads, and the terrain in the mountains and forests is complicated, so it is easy to get lost. Luo Zhi, head of the Forest Fire Protection Department of the Dapeng New Area Emergency Management Bureau, introduced, "Among them, the most common dangers are mainly the following locations: the top of Paiya Mountain, Maliuhe, Wanglanggui, and Milk Pai, which are very popular on social media platforms, have become the most common 'incident locations'." Luo Zhi said that these are undeveloped areas, the route is more complicated, it is easy to take the wrong road, and the terrain is more precipitous. "For example, the milk row is a rocky cliff by the sea, there are many forks on the side of the Maliu River, and there are cliffs on both sides of the big rocks on the top of Paiya Mountain, etc., there are many potential safety hazards, and when the weather changes suddenly, the danger will follow. ”
▲Photos: On March 3, the traveler was in distress in the milk row, and many parties worked together to find the rescuer until he was sent to the ambulance.
The rescue force is always online, and multiple forces are linked to hold on
In order to explore and solve the problem of outdoor rescue, in recent years, the relevant functional departments of Dapeng New Area have made many useful attempts.
In line with the rescue tenet of "life first, responsive to requests", the Dapeng Branch of the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau on the one hand asked for police force from science and technology, relying on the synthetic combat mechanism, to further improve the "five-in-one" patrol prevention and control system of foot patrol, vehicle patrol, motorcycle patrol, video patrol and air and sea patrol, fully tap all kinds of resources, and realize the all-round improvement of rescue capabilities. On the other hand, it also continued to deepen the cooperation mechanism, strengthened the joint logistics linkage with the Geopark Rescue Team, Forest Fire Fighting, Blue Sky Rescue Team, Fire and Rescue Brigade Directly under the Station and local boatmen, actively built a multi-linkage rescue system, and continuously improved rescue efficiency.
In 2023, the Dapeng New Area Emergency Management Bureau will carry out the "Golden Lock" operation. Wang Ying, chief of the emergency department responsible for the overall work, introduced that the action was divided into "four steps", mainly combing 74 popular mountaineering routes that basically cover all the mountains in the new area, making electronic road maps in batches, and cooperating with AutoNavi and other companies to make it clear on the map APP so that tourists can check it at any time. Secondly, guide signs, guidance signs, red ribbons, etc. are set up along each trailhead and popular route to clarify the time required for the journey and the amount of water required to remind them. In addition, we have compiled guidelines for the scientific overall arrangement of rescue forces, established a linkage mechanism, and smoothed the communication and contact between the government, enterprises and public welfare rescue teams, so as to improve the team's ability to coordinate operations and rescue effectiveness. "After many practical tests, a mountain rescue pattern has been initially formed, which is mainly based on the early disposal of the office territory, and the district-level departments and social rescue forces respond to it in a 'game of chess'. ”
▲On March 28, 2024, a man in Shenzhen accidentally fell while crossing the coastline of Egong Bay and was rescued in time.
▲On November 8, 2023, a man fell off a cliff on Qiniang Mountain.
Outdoor sports are managed in a standardized manner, and Shenzhen's relevant legislative work is advancing according to procedures
Regarding mountain rescue, netizens have renewed their calls for the implementation of paid rescue: strengthen outdoor sports safety legislation, and support rescue fees and legal accountability for rescue incidents that enter controlled areas or undeveloped areas without authorization and cause a major waste of public resources.
On the hiking trail of Libi Mountain in Dapeng New District, there is a sign: entering the nature reserve without permission can be punished by 100-5,000 yuan.
"Although there are relevant penalties at the level of laws and regulations for risky acts of entering nature reserves without permission, it is difficult to enforce the law at the grassroots level. This year's "Golden Lock" action is advancing in depth, Luo Zhi believes that the standardized management of outdoor sports needs to be guaranteed at the legal level. According to Article 62 of the Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Natural Disasters in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, which came into effect on November 1, 2023, those who enter the temporarily demarcated natural disaster risk zone without the approval of the people's government that issued the response measures shall be ordered to leave by the emergency management department, and shall be fined between 20,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan for the unit and between 5,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan for individuals. The relevant expenses incurred in emergency rescue shall be borne by the offending entity. ”
The reporter learned in the interview that in recent years, the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports has actively taken the lead in researching and formulating the "Regulations on the Management of Outdoor Sports in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"). Last year, the first draft of the Regulations and the first round of soliciting opinions were completed. The first draft of the "Regulations" not only proposes detailed rules for the management, organization, and safety of outdoor sports projects, but also proposes to standardize the management of rescue fees, legal accountability and other relevant provisions for those who are trapped by unauthorized entry into areas where outdoor sports are prohibited and cause emergency rescue. It is understood that the first draft of the "Regulations" has been submitted to the legislative plan this year, and the relevant legislative work is being carried out in accordance with the procedures.
"Don't despise any mountain, not a sea"
Zhang Liang, president of the Shenzhen Mountaineering and Outdoor Sports Association and a famous mountaineer, said in an interview with a reporter from Jingbao that although the mountains in Shenzhen are not at high altitude, they are lost, lack of water and injured in the wilderness, and if they do not have professional experience and equipment, their danger is no less than that of alpine climbing. Don't despise any mountain or sea, we must revere nature. Climbers must take it step by step, do what they can, don't travel alone, go together, have a guide, take a mature route, and don't take risks blindly.
The public security organs have reminded many times that before carrying out outdoor sports, tourists should understand outdoor safety knowledge and risks in advance, pay close attention to weather conditions, and adjust their travel plans in time in case of extreme weather conditions such as strong winds and rains, high temperatures and scorching heat, low temperatures and severe cold. Once trapped, be sure to stay calm and call the police on 110 for help.
The "May Day" holiday is here again, please bring this "safety tips" to the outdoors happily and return safely!
Source│Jingbao APP
Reporter: Xie Min, Chen Bixia
Photo: Dapeng Public Security Branch of Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau, Nanao Fire Squadron of Dapeng New Area/Courtesy photo
Editor: Li Huifang