China's Ministry of Emergency Management urgently dispatched thousands of fire rescue personnel to reinforce Poyang Lake's flood relief
China News Agency, Nanchang, July 14th, in response to the severe flood situation in Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province, on the 13th, the Chinese Emergency Management Department urgently dispatched 1,000 fire fighting and rescue teams, water rescue teams, and rescue teams from Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, and Hunan provinces. The geological disaster rescue and other fire rescue commanders quickly assembled and rushed to assist Poyang Lake in the front line of flood relief.
It is reported that among the batch of 300 reinforcements, the Zhejiang Provincial Fire and Rescue Corps' 300 fighters went to Nanchang New District, Jinxian County, Yongxiu County, Gongqingcheng, and De'an County; the Anhui Provincial Fire and Rescue Corps 200 fighters went to Jiujiang City District and Ruichang City , Lushan City, Wuning County, Xiushui County; Fujian Provincial Fire Rescue Corps 200 commanders went to Yugan County, Wannian County, Jinxian County; Hubei Provincial Fire Rescue Corps 150 commanders went to Duchang County, Lushan City, De'an County , Gongqingcheng; 150 members of the Hunan Fire and Rescue Corps went to Pengze County, Hukou County and other regions to invest in flood relief.
As of 24:00 on the 13th, the five reinforcement teams all reached five assembly points around Poyang Lake, and the front headquarters of the Fire Rescue Bureau of the Emergency Management Department also moved to the Jiujiang section of Poyang Lake. Wei Handong, deputy director of the Fire and Rescue Bureau of the Emergency Management Department, said that the main task of the 1,000 firefighters who assisted Jiangxi was to strengthen communication and linkage with the local government, be responsible for embankments and patrols, strengthen monitoring and early warning and investigation of hidden dangers, timely discover hidden dangers in flood season, and quickly organize emergency rescue Dispose. (Finish)