At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon on February 22, 2024, Mao Yuzhong, an instructor of the Shuicheng District Fire and Rescue Brigade, came down from the mountain with four firefighters who cleaned up the embers, holding a bamboo pole in one hand and a sickle in the other, and said in a hoarse voice: "The mountain fire is extinguished......."”
Mao Yuzhong, who joined the army in 2001, has been committed to fire rescue work for 23 years. From firefighters to platoon commanders, to squadron leaders, instructors, brigade fire prevention staff officers, deputy captains, and instructors. After 23 years of tempering, he has not only accumulated life experience and rich combat experience, but also forged a pair of "hard shoulders" that can carry things.
From February 19, Mao Yuzhong led the 26 firefighters of the Shuicheng District Fire Rescue Brigade Yongjun Road Fire Rescue Station, in line with the principle of preventing mountain fires from entering the city and preventing mountain fires from entering the village, strictly implementing the requirements of "fighting early and fighting small" in the disposal of forest fires, and carried out a contest of "encirclement, pursuit, and interception" with mountain fires.
On the way to the steep cold dam, Mao Yuzhong began to discuss tactics with Li Chenglong, the head of the Yongjun Road Fire Station, in the car, and combined with the topography of Liupanshui, they studied and formulated the rescue tactics of "manual fighting, water extinguishing fire, fire extinguishing with fire, and excavation and isolation". In areas with small fires, fire extinguishing is carried out manually with a fire mop to prevent the fire from expanding; Extinguishing fires with water is mainly aimed at mountain fires near highways, villages, gas stations, railways and aviation, etc., laying hoses to extinguish fires to prevent the spread of fires; The method of fire extinguishing is mainly aimed at mountain fires with large burning area and high fire intensity, and the fire barrier is opened up by ignition, and the collision with the fire is formed to achieve the effect of extinguishing the fire; Excavation isolation, aiming at the fire point close to the village, the artificial excavation isolation zone is used to block the fire and protect the safety of people's lives and property.
After dealing with the mountain fire near Lengba Village, the full-time fire brigade of Steep Town stayed behind to observe the fire and deal with the remaining fires, and Mao Yuzhong led the firefighter brothers to rush to the Hejiazhai Group of Caoguo Village, Miluo Town. In order to prevent the wildfires from encroaching on the state-owned forest farms, they divided into two routes, and began to attack up and down in the two directions of Miluo and Haiping, and together with the emergency rescue forces dispatched by the local government, they continued to extinguish and intercept the fire. At noon on February 21, after receiving the dispatch, he did not dare to delay for a second, and rushed to the Banpo of the Chahe River in Duge Town, Shuicheng District to extinguish the fire, and then crossed the mountains and mountains to the Yantou Group in Pingzhai Township, at this time, Mao Yuzhong and the brothers of the Yongjun Road Fire and Rescue Station have been fighting for 3 days and 2 nights.
Ahead, regardless of the high temperature, the 12 firefighters of the Yongjun Road Fire and Rescue Station held the water gun tightly and did not flinch, and every second counted! Even Xu Peng, the "conspicuous bag" on the training ground, will never collapse even if he only eats one bun all day! Members of the Yeyuhai ** full-time fire brigade, Beipanjiang ** full-time fire brigade, and Longchang Township ** full-time fire brigade also came to reinforce and undertook the task of laying hundreds of meters of water hose. **Dispatched sanitation trucks, a steady stream of water sources;
In the rear, in the retrograde figure, there is no shortage of villagers carrying kettles, uncles with pickaxes and hoes, militiamen with lighted mops, and local ** staff of the public security, helping to deliver water hoses back and forth, and women holding children and feeding are sitting at the intersection on duty, ** safety and fire prevention tips ......All of us are united in the fight to extinguish the fire.
The fire-fighting operation lasted until the morning of the 22nd, and Mao Yuzhong led four firefighters, including Li Chenglong, Fan Wusong, Gu Linqing, and Xu Peng, to carry a kettle on their backs and go up the mountain again to clean up the embers. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 22nd, when they finished their mission and went down the mountain, they had almost changed their appearance after fighting for 4 days and 3 nights, their faces were black, their nostrils were full of black smoke and ash, and their legs, arms, and hands were all scratched by tree branches. As a commander, Mao Yuzhong has completely lost his voice, and his throat is inflamed and he can't say a word. Ma Liang, deputy chief of the detachment's combat training section, who had been rotated to rest and recuperate, had already gone to the town's pharmacy to buy medicine and handed it over as soon as possible. What is Comrade-in-Arms? That is, not only can they fight side by side, but they are also like family and brothers!
At 4 p.m. on the 22nd, all the fire points were disposed of, and Mao Yuzhong counted the number of people and led the team to return to the building safely. He kept holding the bamboo pole that had been burned black and shiny because of the fire, and he said: "I want to bring the bamboo pole back, always spurring us not to forget the original intention when we came, and to shoulder the mission on our shoulders!" ”
Liupanshui City Fire and Rescue Detachment Xiao Min.
Edited by Lu Yuan.
Second instance Liu Dinghui.
Third Trial: Sun Qin.