The "most beautiful ranger" in the forest: guard the mountain, watch over people, and control the fire

Daxing'anling, Inner Mongolia, 5 May -- The "most beautiful ranger" in the forest: Guard the mountain, watch over people, and control the fire

Written by Zhang Wei Sui Haitao

Stand on a guard and guard a forest. Early in the morning of May 5, the reporter followed the footsteps of the rangers into the deep mountains and touched the tenacity and pulse of the Daxing'an Ridge in Inner Mongolia.

Forest "Sentinel": Guard the gate, guard the green

"Hello, please register your ID number, mobile phone number, and write the reason for entering the mountain."

"Please scan the code to register, you are not allowed to enter the mountain without a fire certificate."

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In the morning light, inspectors were busy at the East Checkpoint, 4 kilometers from the Ganhe Forest Industrial Company, the first "outpost" to enter the forest farm in the distant mountains, and all vehicles and personnel entering the mountains had to be registered.

Speaking of the work of blocking the card, Zhang Wenhui, a 56-year-old forest inspector, looked serious, and the most he said to the people entering the mountain was, "You must scan the code to enter and exit the mountain forest, otherwise you cannot be allowed to go." ”

Zhang Wenhui told reporters that during the fire prevention period in spring and autumn every year, the fire code takes the lead in "taking up the code", and combines traditional means and new technologies to form a loop-closed management with full coverage, no blind areas and no dead ends, so that the cause of the fire can be traced and personnel can be queried.

The sunlight reflects on the 56 hectares of woodland in 743 Forest Ban of Gandong Forest Farm, and the grass and trees sprout with a fresh smell.

This is not only the place where Ma Tengrong and Liu Xuchun are stationed to manage and protect, but also the "guard post" that guards the source of fire into the mountain. The management and protection station they are stationed at is the "link" of the Ganhe Forest Industry Company connecting the five forest farms on the mountain, and it also has jurisdiction over nearly 5 farmers in Weihe Village in Ganhe Town. ”

"We are particularly busy during the forest fire prevention period, in addition to blocking the jam work, we also have to go to the homes of farmers and farmers to tell them to pay attention to fire prevention. Now many farmers and herders have volunteered to become fire prevention propagandists, which is our happiest thing. Ma Tengrong said.

Every spring fire prevention period, the mountains are "yellow, fat, green and thin", the grass and trees are dry, and the fire prevention situation is grim.

"To put it bluntly, the last thing you want to see is a forest fire, and the fire burning down a large area of forest can be heart-wrenching! As long as we hold this 'sentry', we will hold this forest, we will hold this green. Liu Xuchun was extremely firm.

The picture shows lookouts Xing Xinfu and Zhao Fengming "inspecting" the near forest and distant mountains at the watchtower. Photo by Sui Haitao

Alpine Lookout: The forest is fine, everything is worth it

At an altitude of 996 meters, the Weihe Alpine Watchtower stands on the top of Hung Yen, overlooking the three ecological functional areas of the Gan, Jiwen and Keyi rivers. The mountains are vast, the forests are luxuriant, and the flowers and leaves are verdant, but almost no one sets foot on it.

Xing Xinfu and Zhao Fengming, the lookouts of the Gandong Forest Farm, endured endless loneliness and stayed here day and night.

At noon, the reporter followed the lookouts up to the 27-meter-high watchtower, panting. "If you climb slowly, you won't get tired!" Zhao Fengming encouraged the reporter as he climbed the ranks.

Climb the watchtower and get the mountain breeze biting. However, Zhao Fengming and Xing Xinfu could not care about the cold, and "inspected" the distant mountains and forests through the telescope.

"Look! To the northeast is the Gandong Forest Farm Sanyun Ecological Function Area, where there is a lot of farmland and a lot of human activities, and you have to pay close attention. ”

"There are many mountains in the Eryun ecological function area, and there are many stone gravel mountains, which are prone to lightning strikes, and they are also the areas we focus on."

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From green silk to gray hair, since 1984, Xing Xinfu and Zhao Fengming have not left this small watchtower, they watch the fire, report information, and protect the precious green mountains and green waters with their youth.

"You don't know, smoke is a pillar and flows fast." On the tin watchtower, which was blown by the mountain wind, Zhao Fengming began to tell reporters about his business "heart sutra", and when he first started his observation work, he often couldn't tell whether it was fireworks, low clouds, or dust brought by a whirlwind, "especially after the rain, the forest was shrouded in a layer of mist, often unable to tell whether it was smoke or fog, and even the distance was often misjudged." ”

Zhao Fengming said that later, he memorized the contents of the "Lookout Handbook" by heart, and also recorded the mountains, forests, roads, sites, villages and obvious landmarks in the mountains within the visual range, and finally achieved accurate information.

"Now the conditions on the tower are much better, and colleagues from the forest farm regularly go up the mountain to give us supplies." Lookout Xing Xinfu said bluntly that on the tower, they were most afraid of living in the "tin room", and after spring, their hands were cold on the iron sheet, and after summer, they were like an oven, "roasting" people to sweat, "but compared with the difficulties in the past, when the lookout walked into the mountain, the lack of provisions, and the signal interruption were insignificant." ”

"We are content, as long as there is no fire in the forest, everything is worth it!" Zhao Fengming smiled heartily.

When the reporter went down the mountain, it was just in time for the willow buds to spit out buds after the spring rain, and it was a derivation of life.

The picture shows Yue Lanxin sticking to the front line of patrol inspection and fire prevention. Photo by Sui Haitao

Mountain Watcher: Always on call and never leave your post

"Brother Zhang, it's about spring plowing, you need to put a fireproof cap on the farm vehicle!"

"Think about it! The people on the forest farm have been in the house many times, and we all remember this common sense. ”

Spring plowing is imminent, and Guo Zhengyi, deputy director of the Gandong Forest Farm, has been busy in Weihe Village, non-stop inspecting homes.

The young Guo Zhengyi not only wrote fire prevention propaganda slogans in line with the current spring ploughing and preparation, but also used the "mobile propaganda vehicle" to teach the villagers the "Fire Prevention Sutra" at different times every day.

Since entering the spring fire prevention period, many forest rangers like Guo Zhengyi have made fire source control the top priority of fire prevention.

"During the critical period of fire prevention, all the staff of our forest farm are assembled and ready to be called, and the team members strengthen physical and skill training, participate in forest fire prevention and extinguishing skills competitions and drills, and improve the comprehensive combat ability of rapid response, emergency response, and efficient extinguishing of forest fires." Guo Zhengyi told reporters, "At present, the forest farm has also established a cooperative relationship of joint defense, joint management and joint control with brother units for forest fire prevention and fighting, and is on standby 24 hours a day, and once there is a fire danger, these teams can immediately enter the battle and carry out joint fire fighting operations." ”

For Yue Lanxin, a new college student forest ranger in 2022, this "May Day" small holiday is particularly meaningful, wearing a "forest management and protection" overalls, she sticks to the front line of patrol inspection and fire prevention, distributing forest fire prevention brochures to passers-by, telling them to pay attention to fire prevention.

"I am very happy to contribute to forest fire prevention." Yue Lanxin was extremely proud.

Guarding the mountain, watching over people, and controlling the fire, groups of forest rangers have become the "most beautiful rangers" to open up the "last mile" of forest fire prevention and extinguishing, and they use persistent belief to make this green forest and sea always full of vitality. (End)