The ice area broke the ice, and the Jinzhong fire was "reborn from the fire".
In Zuoquan County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, at the foot of the Taihang Mountains, the minimum temperature is still below minus 10 degrees Celsius. The firefighters here are training to break the ice in such a severe cold. This is the part of the Jinzhong Fire and Rescue Detachment in order to prepare for rescue in the rain, snow and freezing environment, and the backbone members of 14 fire and rescue stations are dispatched to carry out special training on ice rescue technology here.
At the training site, the firefighters wore ice rescue suits and carried various ice rescue equipment, dug ice holes in the thick ice, and entered the river to splash into the water. Their faces were covered with icy droplets, and their bodies were covered in crushed ice, but their eyes were firm and warm. This is a test and a tempering, and it is the embodiment of their determination and courage to stick to their posts in the cold and protect the safety of people's lives and property.
The focus of the training is on icebreaker rescue. To ensure that the training was effective, the firefighters had to cut three 3-square-meter openings in the ice. The process was not easy, they needed to make a screeching sound on the thick ice with a motorized chainsaw, and countless pieces of ice slag stained the firefighters' ice rescue suits. After the morning's hard work, the task was finally successfully completed. It's their commitment to their duty and their pursuit of their skills.
Compared with the preliminary preparation, the firefighters are more tested by the actual combat training. This part needs to simulate someone falling into an ice cave and the "overboard" struggling in the water. Firefighters should carry out rescue training in different ways according to the training plan. They need to choose the way of kneeling forward or crawling forward according to the actual situation, so as to increase the force area of firefighters on the ice. This is a situation they may encounter in the actual job, and it is also a skill that they must master.
At the training site, a raft shaped like a banana is eye-catching. The scientific name of this rescue equipment is the ice life raft, and the firefighters also call it the "banana boat", which can rescue individuals at most. It's an innovative way to rescue and an important tool for them in complex situations.
During each training subject, the firefighters who act as the person who falls into the water are immersed in the water for a few minutes. Although wearing a rescue suit, anyone can experience the taste of "cold bone marrow" after staying in the water for a few minutes. Seeing the happy smiles of the firefighters, the villagers bluntly said, "I have a sense of accomplishment."
This ice-breaking training in the ice area is an important activity specially organized by the Jinzhong Fire and Rescue Detachment focusing on the actual combat needs of "all disasters and major emergencies". They hope that through this training, the actual combat environment will be restored to the greatest extent, and a number of ice rescue technology and operation training will be systematically carried out, and the adaptability of firefighters and equipment in low temperature and cold environments will be tested. This is their responsibility and their mission.