Chinanews.com, Jinzhong, October 11th. Title: Directly hit the outlet of the dam in Jiexiu, Shanxi, to "chieve and expand" the outlet of the dam to accelerate flood discharge
China News Service reporter Lu Qiguo
The rock drill repeatedly hit the concrete, and the water splashed by the drill bit in the flood splashed. Firefighters stood in the flood more than 1 meter deep and gritted their teeth. There were enthusiastic villagers behind them who used their bodies to build a "wall" to slow down the impact of the flood.
On the evening of October 10, under the spill dam on the north side of the Fenhe National Wetland Park in Jiexiu, Shanxi, a number of firefighters jumped into the dam outlet in turn to carry out “deepening” operations to speed up the accumulation of the wetland park and the two neighboring villages. The discharge rate of stagnant flood water.
On October 6, due to continuous rainfall, the water level in the Jiexiu section of the Fenhe River soared, causing flooding. A large area of water accumulated in the Jiexiu Fenhe National Wetland Park and surrounding villages, and many villagers’ houses and some roads and recreational facilities in the park were flooded.
There is a spill dam between the Fen River and the Fen River National Wetland Park in Jiexiu.
On the afternoon of the 10th, a reporter from Chinanews.com boarded the spill dam and found that many facilities in the wetland park were still immersed in the flood.
The stagnant flood here and the nearby Hongshan Village and Song'an Village form a super-large water surface.
The enthusiastic villagers used their bodies to build a "wall of people" to slow down the impact of the rapids on the firefighters.
Photo by Wei Liang
On the spill dam, a high-power "Dragon Suction" is pumping the accumulated water in the wetland park to the Fenhe River at a drainage rate of 4,000 cubic meters per hour.
Not far away, there are more than 60 pumps of different sizes that are also carrying out flood drainage operations.
“There is still a lot of standing water in the village, and many villagers’ houses are soaked in the water. Everyone is very anxious.” Guo Baolong, deputy director of the Song’an Village Committee, said. , Are pumping water in turn.
In order to speed up the drainage rate, the dam below the spillway is also draining water.
However, because the concrete at the bottom of the dam outlet is thicker, the drainage speed is affected.
For this reason, Jiexiu City Water Resources Bureau asked the city's fire rescue brigade for help, hoping to dispatch firefighters to deepen the demolition of the concrete at the bottom of the dam outlet.
At 16:50, six of the firefighters who were performing drainage operations in the residential area in Wenjiagou New District, Yitang Town, Jiexiu City, arrived at the Fen River spill dam.
After 20 minutes, firefighters began to demolish the concrete.
After the rescue was over, the firefighters had no time to change their clothes and sat in the car to eat their lunch.
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The assault team composed of Zhang Didi, Gao Juntao, and Yang Jinfeng took the lead to jump into the outlet of the dam, with the water reaching waist depth.
Because they were wearing rescue suits, they jumped into the water and got soaked immediately.
The reporter tried to put his hand into the water, and it felt bitter within a minute. One can imagine how uncomfortable the firefighter was.
A firefighter firmly held the handle of the rock drill, and one had to reach into the water to grab the drill bit to prevent the drill bit from slipping off due to violent vibration.
Not only that, they have to work hard to fight the flood torrents that are leaking, otherwise it will be difficult to stand firm, which will seriously affect operations.
"People in our village, hurry up and help!" On the spill dam, an unknown villager yelled, and three or four villagers responded immediately. They jumped into the outlet of the dam, stood behind the firefighters, and each used their hands. Firmly grasping the safety rope, he just used his body to build a "wall" to slow down the impact of the rapids on the firefighters.
After being soaked in the flood for half an hour, the enthusiastic villagers sent a few pairs of "sweatpants."
After being replaced, the firefighters felt much better.
"The villagers are very enthusiastic, and I feel very honored to do this job. I can get the love of the villagers."
After the rescue was over, the flood water splashed on the faces of firefighters dried out and left obvious marks.
Photo by Wei Liang
One piece, two pieces, three pieces...As the concrete blocks of different sizes fall off one after another, the more the drill bit goes deep into the water.
In the violent tremor, the splashing flood water hit the firefighter's face and kept flowing down.
The reporter saw that there were many times when firefighters who were blinded by floods squeezed their eyes because they did not want to interrupt the operation, and resisted discomfort and insisted on digging.
"Look at the neatly arranged steel bars, one by one, all exposed after the concrete was chiseled off." Zhao Wei, head of the Jiexiu City Fire and Rescue Brigade, introduced that reinforced concrete is very strong and it is more difficult to work in water, so The excavation speed is very slow, and it can only be lowered by seven or eight centimeters in an hour.
In order to minimize the time firefighters are immersed in the flood, every half an hour, one firefighter is replaced ashore to rest, and half an hour later, the firefighter will be launched to replace another.
As the water splash caused by the drill bit became bigger and bigger, the concrete at the outlet of the dam dropped by more than 20 centimeters.
At 20:06, the task of chiseling and expanding the outlet of the dam was finally completed.
"Quickly get into the (fire engine) cab, turn on the warm air for a while, and eat the lunch." Zhao Wei told the firefighters one by one.
Ten minutes later, Gao Juntao, who came out of the fire truck's cab, had a particularly eye-catching "map" mark on his face.
Teammates said that it was the mark left by the flood water splashing on the face and drying out.
When the reporter finished the interview, standing on the top of the spill dam, with the help of the fire truck lighting group, you can clearly see the high volume of the turbid waves at the outlet of the dam, and the drainage speed was significantly accelerated.
On the morning of the 11th, the reporter went to Song'an Village for the second time to interview and saw that the depth of the stagnant flood in the village had dropped significantly compared with the previous day.
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