Flood and storm prevention drill - search and rescue 2018 Anh Son district
(Baonghean.vn) - This morning (August 7), Anh Son district opened the 2018 flood and storm prevention and search and rescue drill.
Attending and directing were comrades: Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee, member of the Provincial Exercise Steering Committee;Colonel Tran Van Hung - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command;Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Deputy of the Provincial Steering Committee for the drill.
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Mr. Son practices evacuating people from dangerous areas to avoid the storm. Photo: Hoang Anh |
Participating in this drill, Anh Son district practiced implementing storm and flood response work for units, departments and organizations such as: handling dam protection situations, preventing dam breaks; organizing rescue on the river; and evacuating people from areas at high risk of flooding.
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Comrade Tran Van Hung - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command and Comrade Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee presented gifts to people participating in the exercise. Photo: Hoang Anh |
In his opening speech, comrade Dinh Viet Hong affirmed the importance and purpose of the exercise. Through the exercise, the aim is to thoroughly grasp, organize and concretize the resolutions and directives of the Party and State on natural disaster prevention, search and rescue activities; improve the leadership and management capacity of local Party committees and authorities; and the advisory capacity of military and police agencies and departments, branches and organizations.
In addition, training the ability to coordinate between forces in the implementation of natural disaster prevention, search and rescue; is an opportunity to evaluate the results of combat readiness training of local armed forces; supplement plans and combat plans, strengthen national defense and security; the advisory role of the military, police and departments, branches and organizations./.