Representative of the Organizing Committee presented souvenir flags to participating units.

Attending the event were Mr. Hoang Hai Minh, Vice Chairman of Hue City People's Committee; Major General Nguyen Dinh Hoan, Deputy Director of the Fire Prevention, Fighting and Rescue Police Department - Ministry of Public Security and representatives of relevant departments, agencies and organizations.

This exercise mobilized more than 1,700 participants and vehicles including: 5 command vehicles; 11 fire trucks, 2 rescue vehicles; 2 ladder trucks; 4 troop transport vehicles, 3 ambulances, 10 cars, 19 motorbikes, 3 fire pumps, 3 air filling machines...

The hypothetical situation is that at 11am, a gas leak occurred in the kitchen of Pizza Hut restaurant (3rd floor of Aeon Mall Hue ), causing an explosion, collapsing the kitchen structure, crushing 2 employees, and starting a big fire. The fire quickly spread throughout the entire restaurant, threatening to spread to other stalls, toxic smoke spread to the 4th floor and to the floors below.

At this time, the center had about 5,000 people; the chaotic escape process trapped 151 people. In addition, a panicked driver drove his car into a basement pillar and was trapped in the car. The local fire prevention and fighting force deployed rescue, guided the escape, extinguished the fire on the spot and called 114. Upon receiving the news, Hue City Police mobilized forces to the scene to coordinate fire fighting and rescue. Given the complicated situation, the City Police Director reported to the City People's Committee Chairman to mobilize additional forces to support and successfully extinguished the fire as well as rescued the victims.

Vice Chairman of Hue City People's Committee Hoang Hai Minh praised the City Police and departments, branches and localities for proactively advising and coordinating to organize training and practice fire fighting and rescue plans to apply and effectively implement the 4-on-the-spot motto: "Forces among the people - Means among the people - Logistics among the people - Command among the people". At the same time, aiming for the goal of "Every factory, enterprise and business is safe".

As one of the city's key economic and commercial projects, organizing a fire fighting and rescue drill with the coordination of many forces and means at Aeon Mall Hue is a practical activity to propagate and raise awareness of local forces and people about coordination skills and handling situations.

At the same time, this is also an opportunity to practice and improve the ability to coordinate between forces, situation handling skills of commanders, officers, soldiers and functional forces; to check and evaluate the features, effects and actual effectiveness of equipment, means, communications and logistics of participating units in order to supplement, equip and ensure fullness and meet the requirements of readiness in urgent and complicated situations.

Promoting the results, spirit and momentum of this exercise, Mr. Hoang Hai Minh requested the city's departments, agencies, sectors and People's Committees of 40 communes and wards to proactively coordinate with the City Police to focus on implementing a number of tasks, such as: Regularly organizing inspections and practicing fire fighting plans at facilities with high risk of fire and explosion; closely coordinating in management, direction, being ready to mobilize forces and means, handling urgent and complicated situations that may occur in the area; proactively developing response content to incidents and accidents and doing a good job of propaganda and guidance in residential areas and facilities...

In addition, businesses and establishments also need to regularly organize self-inspections of fire prevention and fighting safety; promptly correct loopholes and shortcomings in fire prevention and fighting and search and rescue, limiting the causes of fires and explosions.

Images from the fire fighting and rescue practice session were recorded by Hue Today Online:

As soon as the fire broke out, the local fire prevention force instructed people to evacuate from the dangerous area.
Firefighting and rescue forces arrived in time to control the fire.
Using inclined rope bridges to bring trapped victims down to safety
The forces coordinated to take the victim to the first aid station.
Rescue forces coordinated to rescue victims trapped in cars
Mobile Police dogs search for victims trapped under the rubble
Coordinate rescue of trapped victims
Medical staff promptly provided first aid to the victim.
Vice Chairman of Hue City People's Committee Hoang Hai Minh awarded certificates of merit to collectives and individuals participating in the internship.

News and photos: MINH NGUYEN

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