PANO – The Military Medical Academy in association with the Hanoi Fire Police Force held the 2016 firefighting and rescue maneuver on July 27, with the participation of the Academy’s leaders, medical workers, lecturers and cadets as well as fire policemen.

The assumed scenario was that a fire burst out on the 2nd floor of the 16-floor building N6B in the Academy’s hostel for civilian students. It was 3pm so only a few students were self-studying in the hostel and did not notice the fire spreading out quickly.

Delegates at the maneuver

The fire was only noticed when it became large and intensive and generated tall columns of smoke. This made firefighting and rescue more difficult.

On receiving the news, some 100 firemen and fire trucks of the Hanoi Fire Police Force arrived in the scene. They started to control the fire and protect the exits for victims. Firemen directed people stuck in the building to move to safe places and wait for rescue forces on one hand, they led voluntary officers, lecturers, medics and cadets to put out the fire and evacuate victims from the building.

After 2 hours, the fire was completely extinguished and all victims were rescued from the fired building.

Speaking at the firefighting maneuver review, Deputy Director of the Military Medical Academy and commander of the maneuver, Major General Pham Van Manh stressed that a firefighting maneuver is a regular activity that aims to train firefighting and rescue skills for all officers, workers and cadets of the academy, and enhance coordination between the academy’s fire force and local fire police force in preventing and tackling fire, and rescuing and giving emergency aid to victims of such incidents.

Translated by Thu Nguyen