China News Service, Nanning, November 9th (Wang Yizhao) "I am not a hero, but I grew up in the team of heroes. This medal is received for everyone. The honor belongs to the special service detachment, to Guangxi firefighting, and to every fire rescuer who goes into danger and persists silently." On November 9th, National Fire Protection Day, Liang Lingzi, a first-level hero in the national emergency management system, said this at the "Bagui Flame Blue Report to the Motherland" advanced deeds report meeting of the Guangxi Fire Rescue Corps.
Liang Lingzi mentioned this year’s rescue and rescue operations against Typhoon Maysak. Yunbiao Town, Hengzhou City, Guangxi suffered floods. Three people were trapped in the store, huddled in the cracks of the ceiling, with less than 10 centimeters of breathing space above their heads. "It was the comrades around me who broke down obstacles, dived into the flood, and took turns to lift the trapped people back from the gate of hell. It was the brothers who shouted 'Follow me', risked their lives, and went into the water with me to rescue. The honor belongs to everyone." Liang Lingzi said.
Liang Lingzi is reporting on his deeds. Photo courtesy of Guangxi Fire Protection
Liang Lingzi introduced in his sharing that China’s Guangxi rescue team benchmarked against the United Nations’ international heavy rescue team standards and focused on honing its three core capabilities: earthquake rescue, water rescue, and diving rescue. He said that in the future, the team will represent Guangxi and China when going abroad to carry out international humanitarian relief.
According to reports, China's Guangxi Rescue Team is China's first United Nations International Heavy Rescue Team named after a province. It has been included in the United Nations International Heavy Rescue Team Certification and Evaluation Plan. It focuses on the three core areas of earthquake rescue, water rescue, and diving rescue, and undertakes emergency rescue tasks for Southeast Asian countries.
In the process of team building advancement, the team has participated in the national "Emergency Mission" earthquake disaster joint rescue drill, the "Belt and Road" emergency rescue drill and other activities, and successfully handled the 5.2-magnitude earthquake in Liunan District, Liuzhou, Guangxi, and fought against typhoons "Mesak" and "Red Sandalwood" and other urgent, difficult and dangerous tasks. Currently, the team continues to improve its cross-border rescue capabilities, actively practices the international humanitarian spirit, and proactively takes on international rescue missions for ASEAN.
Under the framework of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the 3rd Urban Emergency Search and Rescue Seminar was held in Nanning in September this year. The China Fire Rescue Intelligent Technology Achievement Exhibition, AI multi-disaster coupling practical drill, emergency rescue innovation competition and other activities were simultaneously carried out, forming the results of "one conference, one exhibition, one drill, one competition, one mechanism". Chinese and foreign rescue forces were mixed at the same scene to carry out rescue operations, and unmanned and intelligent equipment were on display. From ARF actual combat drills to cross-border rescue preparations, from mechanism construction to United Nations assessment preparations, Guangxi firefighting is moving towards ASEAN and the international stage with a more open attitude.
