LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 820: intense search and rescue work
After the mountain fire sniper battle was launched at 22:37, the effect was very significant.
In particular, the open fire on the front of Lushan Mountain, which endangered Dongchang City, has already curbed the spread of the other party. As long as this state is maintained, it is only a matter of time before the mountain fire is extinguished.
But Niu Anguo never expected that a professional fire team would lose contact at this time? !
What is a professional fire team?
Simply put, the fire emergency rescue teams formed by counties and cities according to the national forest and grassland fire risk levels are completely inferior to full-time firefighters in terms of professionalism and equipment, but generally professional firefighting teams will not be the main force in firefighting. Rather, it is auxiliary.
The real situation of the professional firefighting team as a firefighting "miscellaneous army" is actually not good.
On the one hand, compared with the forest fire brigade, they are generally older, "more than 30 years old are considered very young", mainly because the treatment is low and they cannot recruit people. Moreover, only during the forest fire prevention period from January to June each year, the members of the fire team need to be stationed for training, and the rest of the time will find their own jobs.
A fireman for half a year, a worker for half a year.
On the other hand, the equipment is poor. Although they also wear orange uniforms printed with "Forest Fire", they do not have professional water pumps and pipe belts. fire mop) and a "rake" (a peg rake on top and a **** on the bottom).
To make matters worse, the members of the Fire Team were wearing rubber shoes, leather shoes, walking shoes, sneakers...and so on.
Under various disparities, the loss of contact with the fire brigade is more dangerous than the loss of contact with the fire brigade!
"Why did we lose contact? What's the situation?" Niu Anguo asked seriously.
"General team, this professional fire fighting team is from Ningbei County. It is under the jurisdiction of our western line. It lost contact on the way to the designated location for assembly. The preliminary reason should be that the fire fighting team encountered a sudden change in the wind direction."
Meng Xuemin's voice continued.
"I know their captain. His name is He Guiyin. He has worked in the armed police forest fire brigade for more than ten years and is an experienced veteran."
Niu Anguo, who had heard the word "lost contact", had already begun to worry, but when he heard Meng Xuemin say that the leader of the professional fire fighting team was a veteran of the Armed Police Forest Fire Department, his pupils shrank suddenly.
"Is the walkie-talkie call useless?" Niu Anguo asked hastily.
"I contacted several times, but still no response."
But at this time, Niu Anguo suddenly thought of something and asked, "Did they wear smart thermostats?"
"Put it on. According to your instructions from the commander-in-chief, all those involved in the front-line firefighting must wear smart thermostatic clothing. The professional firefighting team from Ningbei County also changed it after arriving in Jijiu Township."
Niu Anguo breathed a sigh of relief, this is a good fortune.
This fire-fighting version of the smart thermostatic clothing is very powerful in terms of fire resistance and smart thermostatic functions. As long as it does not explode, it can walk for an hour or two in the wildfire.
It's only been a while since we lost contact. As long as we find each other within an hour or two, it's still too late.
After hesitating for a while, Niu Anguo immediately said: "Meng Xuemin, mobilize your firefighters who have spare strength on the western front to go to the missing location for collection work!"
"Search and rescue personnel should pay attention to safety, and must report the situation at all times, and there must be no more accidents!"
"Yes!"
After hanging up the phone, Niu Anguo contacted Tao Zhiqiang, the person in charge of the fire area on the southern line. After briefly describing the loss of contact, he also ordered the other party to organize a group of search and rescue teams to go to the nearby area where the contact was lost.
Even after doing all this work, the worry in Niu Anguo's eyes became stronger and stronger.
In this kind of wildfire extinguishing work, "loss of contact" sometimes equals "sacrifice".
Even if they are rescued later, the chance of survival is very low.
This is where the danger lies for firefighters.
The fire scene is changing rapidly, and a demonic wind can throw firefighters into dangerous ground at any time.
All I can do now is to pray that the search and rescue work goes well.
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Madao Town, LPG storage station.
At this time, it was almost 2:00 in the morning, but the sky in Madao Town was exceptionally bright.
Because the surging mountain fires reddened the sky.
The Dongchang Brigade, who worked hard for three hours in a row, is now paralyzed on the ground to rest and drink water.
Compared with the relaxation of the team members, Jiang Qing, the leader of the squadron, immediately became tense after he heard the voice of the team leader on the walkie-talkie.
"Yes, detachment captain, I will organize a squadron to conduct search and rescue work near the lost contact!"
After speaking, Jiang Qing's expression changed for a while, and he made a bold decision.
"Everyone gathers together!"
The whistle sounded, and the paralyzed firefighters quickly stood up and trotted to Jiang Qing to gather.
"I just received news from the joint headquarters that a professional fire fighting team from Ningbei County lost contact on the way to the designated location to gather in the fire area on the west front. The headquarters asked us to send a group of elite forces to search and rescue."
When the voice fell, everyone's expressions changed drastically.
Especially the word "disconnected".
Even the newcomers who have joined in the past two years know that the fire in 2019 caused a team of firefighters to be affected by the sudden change of wind and wind direction on the way to the field, and the mountain fire burst suddenly, and all 30 firefighters lost contact. .
Finally, all confirmed deaths and sacrifices!
Among them were the political instructors of the Dongchang Brigade, two squadron leaders and twenty-four other firefighters.
After two years, another firefighter "lost contact".
This made all the staff of Dongchang Brigade couldn't help but think of what happened back then.
In my heart, I was also worried about the missing firefighter.
"The first squadron left the Madao Town liquefied gas storage station and went to the missing location to carry out search and rescue work!"
Jiang Qing gritted his teeth and said, "I will lead the team in person, and the command of Madao Town will be handed over to political instructor Liu Wei!"
As the leader of the brigade, Jiang Qing shouldn't have taken the risk himself, and he would be reprimanded by the headquarters afterwards, but he had to do it.
In the two-year fire, Dongchang Brigade sacrificed 27 people, including the instructor and the two captains of the two squadrons.
The Dongchang Brigade had a total of four squadrons with 94 people in 17 vehicles. The loss of contact had a great impact on the Dongchang Brigade!
Not to mention that the trainer was his partner for many years, which hit him very hard.
This time, when the firefighters lost contact again, the first thought that flashed in Jiang Qing's mind was: The tragedy cannot be repeated!
"Yes!"
All the firefighters shouted in unison, especially the 24 members of the first squadron, their fists clenched tightly.
Liu Wei, the political instructor of the Dongchang Brigade, opened his mouth and closed it again.
He gave a wry smile and could only watch Jiang Qing drive away with the first squadron.
He knew that no matter how much he persuaded him, he couldn't change Jiang Qing's determination.
This is already a demon of Jiang Qing's heart.
the other side.
In the Frontline Joint Command.
"What? Jiang Qing, the leader of the Dongchang Brigade, personally led the team to search and rescue?"
"It's just nonsense!"
After hearing Meng Xuemin's report, Niu Anguo turned pale with anger.
A team leader left his post without authorization. If he finds those teams that have lost contact, the best result is to balance the merits and demerits, otherwise there will be a punishment and a conversation.
The mountain fire is so serious this time, if the team leaders below are so disobedient, how can they lead the team?
"Alas." Niu Anguo sighed.
His face softened a little, and he naturally knew what Jiang Qing was thinking.
After all, the sacrifice of Dongchang Brigade the previous year was too great, and the blow to Jiang Qing himself was not small.
But at this time, something more troublesome than Jiang Qing's departure from duty happened.
There was a noise outside the house.
Several media reporters broke in.
"Captain Niu, we have received news that a professional fire fighting team from Ningbei County lost contact with the fire fighting this time, right?"
"It is understood that there are 21 people in this fire team in Ningbei County, and one of them is a local guide. May I ask Captain Niu, what do you think the probability of survival of this missing fire team is?"
"Excuse me, how many search and rescue personnel have the joint headquarters invested here? Will the search and rescue work at this time affect the fire fighting work? If the wildfire spreads to the urban area, who will bear the responsibility?"
"Captain Niu, please answer our question directly!"
Hearing these chattering voices, Niu Anguo felt a headache.
However, there are several powerful official media among them, and it is impossible not to answer, and I don't know who leaked the news.
Facing these media reporters, Niu Anguo said solemnly, "Let me give a brief response."
"In this mountain fire sniper battle, there was indeed a fire fighting team that lost contact on the way to the designated assembly point. We will search and rescue this lost fire fighting team without affecting the fire fighting work. ."
After simply speaking, regardless of the reporter's questioning, Niu Anguo directly asked all the media reporters to be thrown out.
"It's troublesome now."
Niu Anguo looked away, only to feel the pressure on his body soaring.
Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, at 2:00 in the morning, several media carried out news reports on the missing persons.
Many netizens in China who stayed up late and have not slept started to pray.
Another half hour passed.
The joint command finally received a piece of good news.
"Have the lost fire team been found?"
ps: There is only one chapter left.
Today, my health is very bad, and my head is dizzy. I wrote this chapter nearly 2,800 words for a long time. I really can't make it out of the second chapter. I'm really sorry.