Nghe An Border Guard: Handled 124 cases of search and rescue, forest fire fighting
(Baonghean.vn) - In 2016, Nghe An Border Guard mobilized 1,840 officers and soldiers along with response vehicles to rescue 89 people, 11 vehicles and repair 94 houses, contributing to reducing damage caused by natural disasters.
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Panoramic view at Nghe An bridge point. Photo: Hai Thuong |
Major General Nguyen Van Nam - Deputy Chief of Staff of the Border Guard presided over. At the Nghe An bridge point, there were leaders of the Nghe An Border Guard Command, the Provincial Police, the Provincial Military Command and relevant departments and branches in attendance. |
On the morning of March 29, the Border Guard Command held an online conference to review disaster prevention, search and rescue work in 2016 and deploy tasks for 2017.In 2016, Nghe An Border Guard has developed a plan and provided specific instructions to each officer and soldier in the agency and unit to do a good job of grasping and forecasting the situation, strictly maintaining the regimes of command duty, on-duty, and storm information duty 24/7...
746 officers, 18 ships, 07 boats, 08 cars, 171 motorbikes were mobilized to coordinate with local authorities and joint forces to organize search and rescue, fight forest fires and overcome tornadoes that occurred in the area in 67 cases.
Directly organized search and rescue, forest fire fighting and tornado relief in 57 cases in the area, mobilized 1,094 officers and soldiers, 19 ships, 10 boats, and 14 cars to participate. Rescued 89 people, 11 vehicles, repaired 94 houses, contributing to reducing damage caused by natural disasters.
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Border guard ship towing a fishing boat in distress at sea. Photo: Hai Thuong |
The conference also presented many opinions to propose directions and key tasks in 2017 in line with the actual situation of each locality. Special attention was paid to climate and extreme weather forecasting; promoting propaganda and mobilizing local people to raise awareness and knowledge of natural disaster prevention, search and rescue; organizing and practicing proficiently the plans and solutions that have been developed, promptly responding to situations, minimizing damage caused by natural disasters and accidents./.
Hai Thuong