According to the news released on the 11th by the Chayu County Forest Fire Squadron (hereinafter referred to as the Chayu Squadron) in Nyingchi City, Tibet, after entering October every year, Chayu County, the largest forestry county in Tibet, has entered the "fire prevention period", and the Chayu County Forest Fire Squadron stationed in Zhuwagen Town, the county, has entered a state of readiness.

The picture shows that after Chayu County entered the fire prevention period, the Chayu County Forest Fire Squadron started the preparation mode. Photo courtesy of Chayu County Forest Fire Squadron

Chayu County is a large forestry county in Tibet, with high timber stock and extensive forest coverage. The Chayu squadron has a small number of personnel, but they have always stuck to the nearly 50,<>-kilometer-long fire line. Since the formation of the squadron, it has participated in more than <> firefighting operations, accounting for nearly one-third of the total number of firefighting operations in the squadron.

The data map shows the combat readiness drill of the Chayu County Forest Fire Fighting Squadron. Photo courtesy of Chayu County Forest Fire Squadron

In accordance with the overall requirements of "early ideological launch, early planning of work, early deployment of tasks, and early preparation of materials", the whole squadron has continuously strengthened the combat readiness awareness of all commanders and fighters of "being prepared for danger in times of peace, and making unremitting preparations for constant preparedness", and established a firm concept of combat readiness, so as to strengthen actual combat training, improve fire fighting capabilities, and comprehensively do a good job in all aspects of combat preparedness work during the "fire prevention period".

The data map shows the scene of the preparation drill of the forest fire squadron in Chayu County. Photo courtesy of Chayu County Forest Fire Squadron

Popularize fire prevention knowledge and improve fire prevention awareness. The squadron focused on publicizing the relevant laws and regulations of forest fire prevention to the general public in the garrison by hanging propaganda banners, setting up propaganda points, displaying equipment, distributing brochures, patrolling forest areas, and entering villages and households, explaining in detail common and practical forest fire prevention knowledge and precautions, and guiding the people to firmly establish the safety awareness of forest protection and fire prevention and protection of forest resources.

The data map shows the Chayu County Forest Fire Squadron distributing fire prevention knowledge leaflets to the public. Photo courtesy of Chayu County Forest Fire Squadron

At the same time, the Chayu squadron continued to temper its actual combat ability through combat preparation exercises. In the exercise, the Chayu squadron took the sudden forest and grassland fire in the station as the background, adhered to the principle of "real training, real drilling, and real training", based on the most complex, severe, and extreme situations, and adopted the method of not greeting and pulling randomly, focusing on whether the commanders and fighters are fully equipped and carried, whether the equipment performance is good, whether the equipment is proficient, whether the supplies are sufficient, and whether the communication and communication are smooth. A comprehensive and meticulous inspection was carried out to temper the team's response speed and rescue ability in the event of an emergency, and to educate and guide commanders and fighters at all levels to firmly establish a sense of combat readiness.

The data map shows the commanders and fighters of the Chayu County Forest Fire Squadron teaching the use of fire extinguishers to the public. Photo courtesy of Chayu County Forest Fire Squadron

Pump erection and removal is a comprehensive subject of collective ability, skill and teamwork. In order to make each commander and fighter proficient in the skills of water pump fire extinguishing, the Chayu Squadron carried out solid training on the erection and withdrawal of water pumps. At the same time, in view of the problems such as the unproficiency of some backbones in the operation of the combat command platform system and fire extinguishing software, the chief officer patiently and meticulously explained their operation and use, and instructed the team members to train the functions of real-time monitoring of fire alarms, abnormal data early warning, one-click query of surrounding information, timely grasp of fire accidents, and detection of various signs of forest activities.

The data map shows the scene of the preparation drill of the forest fire squadron in Chayu County. Photo courtesy of Chayu County Forest Fire Squadron

In the future, the Chayu Squadron will continue to strengthen training and preparation, be ready to carry out fire-fighting tasks at any time, make every effort to protect the safety of forest ecological resources in the station, and resolutely assume the responsibilities and missions of the main force of emergency rescue and the national team. (ENDS)