Hue City Party Secretary Phan Thien Dinh presents flowers to the participating teams.

Hue City has 36 administrative units including 29 wards and 7 communes. With a large management area and being a place where political , cultural and artistic events of national and international scale are regularly held, the area also has many establishments with high risk of fire and explosion such as markets, shopping malls, supermarkets, petrol stations; hotels... and houses combined with production and business, so the fire and explosion situation is complicated.

By March 30, 2024, Hue City had built 462 models of "Fire Prevention and Fighting Safety Interfamily Groups" and 483 models of "Public Fire Fighting Points". Along with building "Fire Prevention and Fighting Safety Interfamily Groups", Hue City regularly organizes competitions in fire prevention and fighting skills.

This year's competition has 33 teams with more than 260 members from 33 wards and communes with inter-family groups in the city. The teams will take part in a theoretical test answering questions about fire prevention and rescue knowledge; practice fire fighting, rescuing people and moving property for housing combined with production and business.

The contest aims to promote and replicate the model of "Fire Prevention and Fighting Safety Inter-family Group", public fire fighting points in the area, and is also an opportunity for units to exchange experiences and knowledge on fire prevention and fighting and rescue work, contributing to further improving the work of ensuring fire prevention and fighting safety at the grassroots level in the new situation.

On the same day, the People's Committee of Huong Thuy Town organized a firefighting and rescue competition "Fire Prevention and Fighting Safety Inter-family Team" in 2024 , attracting 8 teams, each team has 8 members from the "Fire Prevention and Fighting Safety Inter-family Teams" at the grassroots level in the town to participate. At the competition, the teams went through 2 parts: theory and practice. In which, the theory part consisted of 30 questions, the content revolved around knowledge about fire prevention and fighting and rescue work.

Firefighting, rescue and first aid operations in the practical exam

For the practical part, teams will perform firefighting, rescue, and salvage operations for the type of townhouse combined with production and business. In this situation, the teams are required to quickly gather forces after discovering the fire, extinguish the fire, rescue 2 victims, and move assets to a safe place.

“In addition to creating opportunities for units to exchange, learn, and share experiences, and improve coordination in responding to and handling situations when fires and explosions occur, the contest aims to create positive changes in awareness and voluntary compliance with fire prevention and fighting laws for all levels, sectors, agencies, businesses, residential areas, and households,” said Mr. Ngo Van Vinh - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Huong Thuy Town, Head of the contest's Organizing Committee.

After the competition, the first prize went to the team of Thuy Phuong ward, the second and third prizes went to the two teams of Thuy Tan ward and Phu Bai ward respectively; the two teams of Thuy Chau ward and Thuy Phu commune won the consolation prize.

News and photos: THANH HUONG-DANG DOAN