Quanzhou held an inland river water transportation emergency drill

On the morning of July 5, Quanzhou held an inland river water transportation and water source protection emergency rescue drill in the waters of Jinji Barrage Gate in Jinjiang. This was the first provincial and municipal inter-department river water traffic emergency drill in Quanzhou, which was organized by the Fujian Provincial Local Maritime Bureau and Quanzhou City, transportation, water conservancy, local maritime affairs, Jinji River Gate Management Office and other departments.
 
The drill was included in-stream water emergency rescue, ship fire fighting, and ship oil spill clean-up. The drill was simulated a passenger ship encountered extreme weather during the voyage in the waters of the Jinji Barrage Gate in Jinjiang, it collided with reef, then out of control. Two passengers accidentally fell into the water, and the ship's main equipment was damaged, fuel oil was leaked, and it happened the fire danger.
 
After received the alarm, the Quanzhou River Water Traffic Emergency Command immediately dispatched a drone to the waters of the incident to conduct a search. With the help of drones for searching and transmitting images in real time, the command department dispatched command ships and assault boats to transfer passengers and drowning personnel, and dispatched fire rescue boats for fire fighting and waters perimeter warning. Passengers was safely landed, and after the ship fire was removed, in order to prevent the leakage of oil pollution to the water source of Quanzhou city, the oil booms was used to control the oil spilled area, and the oil absorbent mats was spread to clean up the oil spill, it was effectively prevented water pollution.