Radar life detection, emergency demolition and rescue, safe transport of the wounded...... On May 8, a rescue drill simulating a 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Karamay District kicked off at FIRST Square in the south of the city.
Rescue teams are carrying out lateral demolitions.
May 12 this year is the 16th National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Day, in order to "drill" to build defense, to "practice" to prepare, the Municipal Fire and Rescue Detachment carried out the "Oil City Sharpening Sword - 2024" 24-hour earthquake rescue actual combat pull exercise, in order to strengthen the fire rescue team's comprehensive rescue capabilities and collaborative combat level.
The preset background of this drill is post-earthquake rescue. Suppose that the earthquake caused serious damage to some roads, bridges, and railways, and the interruption of water, electricity, and communications, which has caused one death, more than 10 injuries, and dozens of people being trapped.
Rescuers are setting up headquarters tents.
After receiving the report of the earthquake, the "Earthquake Rescue Forward Command" immediately responded and quickly dispatched the rescue team, and the light earthquake rescue team composed of 12 vehicles, 60 people and 2 dogs rushed to the rescue site, focusing on walking in, personnel search and rescue, heavy object support, rapid demolition, logistics support, emergency communication and other drill subjects.
The rescue team is carrying all kinds of rescue equipment and support materials.
"This is a day-and-night combat exercise, which is very intense and very testing the team's full-time rescue ability. There are many subjects in this drill, which can well exercise the emergency response ability of rescuers. Sun Junjie, commander of the Combat Training Section of the Municipal Fire and Rescue Detachment, said.
Different from the past, in order to further improve the level of emergency rescue communication services, the drill also simulated the network disconnection scenario. For the first time, a self-organizing network repeater covering a radius of 7 kilometers was set up in this exercise, so that after the earthquake, the public mobile communication base station was damaged and the public network could not be used.
Rescuers are cutting through the wall.
"We have equipped each rescuer with a comprehensive individual positioning device, which can monitor the environment, azimuth distance and vital signs of the rescuers in real time, which helps to achieve efficient linkage between commanders and firefighters." Yu Jiankun, a communicator at the command center of the Municipal Fire and Rescue Detachment, said.
Rescuers are searching for trapped people in the rubble.
Accompanied by the broadcast sounds such as "heartbeat 92, indoor underground 3 meters", the rescue units acted quickly at the drill site - the search and rescue team used manual search, search and rescue dog search and radar life detector search to search the shallow area of the ruins to find the trapped people buried under the rubble; The rescue team used vertical demolition, horizontal demolition, and rope crossing systems to transfer the casualty to a safe area; The medical and combat teams acted synchronously, and the rescue teams cooperated closely and took effective measures throughout the whole process.
Rescuers are erecting door and window supports.
"I joined the firefighters in September 2022 and this is the first time I have participated in the Downward Safety Demolition and Rescue course. Through the actual combat exercises, I am more proficient in the use of toothless saws, percussion drills and other rescue equipment, and I have a clearer understanding of the rescue methods of establishing passages from the floor slab down to rescue people trapped in small environments. He Junbee, a firefighter at the second station of the special service brigade of the Municipal Fire and Rescue Detachment, said.
"This actual combat exercise is also a coordinated battle, and the emergency rescue center of Xinjiang Oilfield Company and the blue sky rescue team of Karamay City also participated. After the disaster occurs, all rescue forces can be dispatched in time to coordinate with personnel and equipment to achieve the maximum effectiveness of emergency rescue. Sun Junjie said.
Rescue teams are transporting the wounded.
Source: Karamay financial media reporter Cui Wenjuan correspondent Xu Shenggong
Photo source: Karamay financial media reporter Cui Wenjuan