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The Functions Of The Fire Brigade In The Construction Of Emergency Rescue System

Posted on:2011-03-20Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Z GengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360305491421Subject:Public Management
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China is one of the few countries with a widest range of disasters and destructive outcomes. With the development of economy, the continuous improvement of industrialization, urbanization and modernization, and the extensive application of new technology and new energy sources, different kinds of public health incidents continue to occur, for example, urban disasters, hazardous material spills, fires, explosions, traffic accidents, and building collapse. It has shown the features of a great impact and a wide range, and calls for professional teams, rapid response and appropriate measures. It has become a major concern of the whole society how to make use of existing rescue resources, how to establish a scientific and sound rescue system, and how to establish a comprehensive rescue team with capability of rapid reaction. It is a common pattern for most countries in the world to build up social rescue system. As a "team of multi-purposes and multi-skill", the firefighters play an important role of the backbone in undertaking the rescue task of various disasters. "5.12" WenChuan earthquake in 2008 examined the rescue capabilities of the fire brigade, and highlighted the leading role of the fire brigade in social rescue. As was put in Article 37 in "Fire Law" implicated on may 1,2009, police, fire brigade and a full-time fire brigade shall undertake the rescue work of saving lives in major disasters, which determines the rescue responsibility of the Fire Force in the form of law. To this end, based on the current situation of rescue work of the fire brigade, the author describes how to improve the social rescue capabilities and strengthen public crisis management, which will be further discussed in the following chapters.
Keywords/Search Tags:public crisis management, fire brigade, emergency rescue system, functions
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