Another year of Ching Ming Festival, cherish the memory of the heroes and protect peace. In the four years since the establishment of the emergency management department, a total of 177 people in the national emergency management system have died on duty, of which 48 people will die on duty in 2021. They used their blood and life to practice the oath of the emergency responders of "loyalty to the party, strict discipline, going through fire and water, and serving the people wholeheartedly", and composed a heroic hymn of giving up their lives and going against danger.
Emergency management has the characteristics of high load, high pressure and high risk. The emergency management department is on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Extreme situations and life-and-death trials may be faced at any time. Since its establishment, the national emergency management department and the national comprehensive fire rescue team have resolutely implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, adhered to the principle of people first and life first, and focused on "all disasters and major emergencies" to overcome fires. Demons, fighting floods, fighting typhoons, fighting epidemics, and chemical crises have always fought where the party and the people need most, shouldering the sacred mission of saving people from water and fire, helping people in distress, and empowering people, and a large number of advanced models have emerged. And a heroic model, the image of "the most beautiful retrograde" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Figures show that the casualties of the emergency management system are mainly cadres and fire rescue personnel from the grass-roots and front-line emergency management departments, accounting for 97%. And the phenomenon of premature death is more prominent, with an average age of 35.2 years. Fire rescue is one of the most dangerous occupations in peacetime. In the past four years, a total of 111 people have died in the line of duty, and the average age is only 28 years old.
Among the emergency responders who sacrificed their lives on duty, some worked day and night for the protection of epidemic prevention and control materials and the safe and orderly resumption of work and production of enterprises. Shan Yuhou, the director of the Tianjin Binhai New Area Emergency Management Bureau, who was too unfortunate to collapse; Chen Jian, the director of the Liuyang Emergency Management Bureau of Hunan Province, who was on duty 24 hours a day and worked hard to reverse the passive situation of local fireworks safety. Chen Lu, the political instructor of the Fire Rescue Brigade of Lujiang County, Hefei City, Anhui Province, who died in the floods for the people who "touched China" of the year, and 27 forest firefighters from the Xichang Forest Fire Brigade who died heroically in the fight against the forest fire in Muli, Sichuan; Li Zhongkui, a staff member of the Liaodong Supervision Branch of the Liaoning Coal Mine Safety Supervision Bureau, who was killed in a car accident while carrying out safety supervision work... In the face of disasters, accidents and risk challenges, they are not afraid of hardships and dangers, charge ahead, and use loyalty to protect safety and stability. Great love shows professional glory.