Emergency Management Department: The emergency rescue force system with China characteristics has been initially established.
Cctv newsOn the morning of November 8, the State Council Press Office held a press conference to introduce the situation of accelerating the modernization of emergency management system and capacity, and answered questions from reporters. Zhou Xuewen, member of the Party Committee and Vice Minister of the Emergency Management Department, introduced at the meeting that the national comprehensive fire rescue team adheres to the orientation of the main force of emergency rescue and the national team, meets the needs of the task of "all kinds of disasters and major emergencies", strengthens the combat effectiveness standard, accelerates the transformation and upgrading, and newly establishes more than 3,000 specialized teams in water areas, mountains, earthquakes, aircrew, flood fighting, chemical industry, etc., which has obviously enhanced the rescue capability, improved the operation efficiency and improved the rescue effect. We will build a professional emergency rescue force and build nearly 100 national emergency rescue teams with more than 20,000 people, including earthquake, mine, hazardous chemicals, tunnel construction, engineering rescue and aviation rescue. The local government has a professional force of about 34,000 branches and 1.34 million people. At present, China has initially established an emergency rescue force system with China characteristics, with the national comprehensive fire rescue team as the main force, the professional rescue team as the coordination, the military emergency force as the assault, and the social forces as the auxiliary.