China News Service, Luzhou, September 16-A 6.0-magnitude earthquake occurred in Luxian County, Sichuan Province on the 16th, causing many casualties.

The reporter learned from the Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department that after the earthquake, the Sichuan Public Security deployed more than 1,200 police to carry out earthquake rescue in Luxian County.

　　Ye Hanbing, deputy governor of Sichuan Province and director of the Provincial Public Security Department, organized an emergency meeting in the command hall of the Provincial Public Security Department in the early morning of the 16th to further refine and re-deploy the earthquake response and disposal work.

Sichuan Public Security quickly put into earthquake rescue work.

　　The Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department strictly implemented the second-level response measures, activated the earthquake relief joint headquarters as soon as possible, and established a video command system for public security organs across the province and the epicenter. A number of department leaders commanded and dispatched in the command hall to coordinate emergency response work.

The Luzhou City Public Security Bureau has launched a first-level service, and surrounding public security agencies have launched a third-level or higher service to devote themselves to earthquake relief.

　　The local public security organs, under the unified leadership of the local party and government departments, organized more than 1,400 police forces to invest in the epicenter, cooperate with the rescue, transfer, resettlement, medical treatment, and service of the affected people to ensure the safety of people's lives and property to the greatest extent.

　　The Provincial Public Security Department has done a good job of personnel, materials, and communications support, and the Neijiang, Zigong, and Yibin Public Security Bureaus have organized 50 police forces into combat readiness, ready to set off at any time.

The Provincial Public Security Department urgently allocated 820 sets of police equipment in 14 categories to the Luzhou Public Security Bureau, and 4 special support vehicles including kitchen trucks and water trucks were on standby for preparation; implementation was implemented in response to the damage to some communication base stations in the earthquake area and signal interruption. Enough 350M wireless walkie-talkie, accompanied by 2 satellite phones, and mobilized 2 "Mobile Communication" to help Luzhou.

The traffic police have fully implemented emergency rescue channels to keep smooth and traffic control in the disaster area and surrounding roads, strengthened early warning and reminders, set up 3 traffic control points in the Luxian epicenter and 22 control points in the periphery, and made every effort to ensure the 3 rescue channels to the disaster area. Completed more than 60 batches of support missions to enter the epicenter rescue team.

　　At present, public security in Lu County is generally stable. Except for the 1911 section of G76 Xiarong Expressway, which implements traffic control, other roads leading to the disaster area are open.

The earthquake relief work is proceeding in an intense and orderly manner.

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