Pengshui County was held 2017 water emergency drill
19/Mar/2018
In order to further improve emergency response capacity of Pengshui County and train emergency rescue team. Today, the Chongqing Pengshui County People's government was organized 2017-year water traffic safety accident emergency drill in the Wanzu waters of Wujiang gallery.
The drill was assumed when the “Wujiang Art Gallery No. 1th” ship was sailing to the Datang Wharf, and it had a collision with the “Wujiang Gallery 6th” ship, it was resulted in two tourists in the “Wujiang Art Gallery No. 1th” ship fallen into the water, the stern of the ship was fire, the engine room was reclaimed water, the hull was damaged seriously, the failure of the plugging was caused the oil into the rivers, and it will caused the drinking water pollution of the downstream country. After the county government office was received the rescue request, they immediately started the contingency plan and then notified Counties security supervision, environmental protection, Commission, Maritime, fire, medical, public security and relevant departments to rush to the scene for supporting and disposing. They firstly used oil booms for controlling the spreading of the oil, and then they used oil absorbent mats for oil absorption and finally used oil skimmers for remaining oil recovery. After the effective disposal of relevant departments, the accident did not cause pollution to the drinking water source of Wujiang and downstream counties.
Through this drill, the participating units have become more familiar with the emergency response procedures, strengthened the coordination and coordination between departments, and improved the ability to deal with sudden environmental events.