2018 Jiangyin City Water Search and Rescue Comprehensive Drill was held

On December 7, 2018 Jiangyin City Water Search and Rescue Comprehensive Drill was held in the Jiangyin Section of the Yangtze River. On the day of the exercise, the “Clean and Beautiful Yangtze River Volunteer Alliance” was also established in Jiangyin, which is also the first Jiangsu Yangtze River Volunteer Alliance.
 
It is understood that the 2018 Jiangyin City Water Search and Rescue Comprehensive Drill was coordinated more than 20 boats in all water-related law enforcement units in Jiangyin City, with more than 230 participants. For the first time, a certain force stationed in Jiangyin dispatched a service vessel to participate in the exercise. The drill was also cooperated with Jiangnan Water for the first time to carry out emergency response to the pollution source of drinking water sources. For the first time, the drill was also dispatched the Jiangyin Red Cross Blue Sky Rescue Team and other volunteer teams in the search and rescue forces on the water. The search and rescue forces included various types of ships such as tugboats, salvage vessels, oil boom ships, and cleaning ships. In addition, the drill was firstly used drones for aerial search, aerial throwing rescue equipment to rescue drowning personnel, and used infrared cameras for ship oil spill monitoring and used new equipment such as life-saving robots, smart lifebuoys, and marine pneumatic throwers to carry out personnel rescue.
 
The drill was simulated when the heavy-duty bulk carrier "Ocean No. 1" was sailing in the process of the red floating berthing dock on the 62nd Yangtze River, it was collided with the small inland river heavy-duty yellow sand ship "Sucheng 001", it was caused the hull of yellow sand ship "Sucheng " 001” broken into the water and sunk. Three crew members fell into the water. And the fuel tank of the bulk carrier "Ocean No. 1" was ruptured and burst, and then fuel was leaked and caught fire. The search and rescue personnel demonstrated the whole process of emergency response to water emergencies from seven aspects, including danger reporting and assessment, plan initiation, search and rescue of drowning personnel, removal of pollutants from ships by using oil booms and oil absorbent pads, linkage of drinking water sources, fire fighting, and shipwreck positioning.