Hebei Province Conducts Series of Flood Prevention and Rescue Emergency Drills

Strategic Insights -

Recently, various places in Hebei, China, have organized a series of flood prevention and emergency rescue drills involving multiple departments, multiple units, and multiple scenarios to comprehensively test and strengthen emergency response capabilities. The drills were conducted across different cities and regions, including Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Baoding, Chengde, Xingtai, and Handan, with a focus on enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of emergency response systems. The drills simulated various scenarios, including heavy rainfall, flooding, and emergency rescue operations, to ensure that all departments and units are well-prepared to respond to any potential disasters.

Key Takeaways:

  • Shijiazhuang City conducted an emergency drill for flood prevention in its underground comprehensive pipeline corridor, simulating heavy rain to initiate a Level II flood prevention emergency response. The drill focused on three key scenarios: dealing with rainwater backflow into the cable wells of the corridor, dealing with leakage at road branch outlets, and rescuing emergency personnel from electric shock.
  • Tangshan City simulated a scenario of extreme weather with heavy rainfall throughout the city, completing five practical subject exercises, including the transfer of people in flood-threatened areas, handling of embankment hazards, communication and power supply guarantee, water emergency rescue, and emergency news propaganda.
  • Baoding City organized and carried out flood prevention and emergency response tabletop exercises and comprehensive emergency drills, focusing on public evacuation and scenic area closure in the initial response phase, consultation and dispatch, road clearance, power repair, communication guarantee, isolated island rescue, dam removal, and low-lying drainage in the emergency rescue phase.
  • Chengde City organized practical emergency drills focusing on geological disaster evacuation, tailings pond rescue, power and communication emergency support, and urban waterlogging drainage, using the "July 13" basin-wide heavy rainfall as a simulated background.
  • Nanhe District of Xingtai City simulated continuous heavy rainfall and conducted emergency drills on nine subjects, including patrolling dikes and checking for dangers, pre-positioning of material reserves, consultation and assessment of emergency response upgrades, evacuation of people in flood retention areas, pre-placement of flood-control sub-dikes and geotextile embankments, safe transportation of hazardous chemicals, emergency repairs of infrastructure, drainage of urban water, water rescue and relief, and completion of emergency response.
  • The Ji'nan New District of Handan City simulated the threat of heavy rainfall and organized and guided special places such as nursing homes, mental hospitals, and health centers to carry out emergency drills on the safe evacuation and medical care of special groups in emergency situations.

Statistics:

  • 6 cities and regions in Hebei Province conducted a series of flood prevention and rescue emergency drills.
  • 12 emergency drills were conducted across different cities and regions, including Shijiazhuang, Tangshan, Baoding, Chengde, Xingtai, and Handan.
  • 5 practical subject exercises were completed by Tangshan City, including the transfer of people in flood-threatened areas, handling of embankment hazards, communication and power supply guarantee, water emergency rescue, and emergency news propaganda.
  • 9 subjects were covered in the emergency drills conducted by Nanhe District of Xingtai City, including patrolling dikes and checking for dangers, pre-positioning of material reserves, consultation and assessment of emergency response upgrades, evacuation of people in flood retention areas, pre-placement of flood-control sub-dikes and geotextile embankments, safe transportation of hazardous chemicals, emergency repairs of infrastructure, drainage of urban water, water rescue and relief, and completion of emergency response.

Sources:

  • Ministry of Emergency Management of the People's Republic of China
  • Contify.com, July 24, 2021.