Taipei International Search and Rescue Seminar, U.S. and Japanese stars were invited to communicate to promote joint urban defense | Society | Central News Agency CNA

(Central News Agency reporter Huang Liyun, Taipei, 24th) The Taipei International Search and Rescue Technology Exchange Seminar was launched today, bringing together search and rescue teams from Taiwan, the United States, Japan, Singapore and other countries. The Taipei City Fire Department pointed out that topics and exchanges such as Taiwan’s search and rescue team cooperation mechanism and humanitarian rescue cases were discussed during the meeting, with the hope of achieving the goal of urban joint defense.

In order to continue to improve the rescue technology and experience of the Taipei City Search and Rescue Team, the Taipei City Fire Department held the “2024 Taipei International Search and Rescue Technology Exchange Seminar” today, including the 2nd City Search and Rescue Team in California, the Japanese International Fire Rescue Team, and the Singapore Civil Defense Force Search and Rescue Team. , New Taipei City Fire Department and Taoyuan City Fire Department Special Search and Rescue Team representatives all participated in the grand event.

The Taipei City Fire Department pointed out that the meeting discussed the mobilization coordination and cooperation mechanism of Taiwan’s search and rescue team, life search and rescue technology for major urban rapid transit accidents, domestic (foreign) humanitarian rescue cases, Tokyo earthquake search and rescue division of labor mechanism, new search and rescue destruction equipment and technical applications and other topics, and the Taipei City Search and Rescue Team shared rescue experience.

During the meeting, the Taipei City Fire Department stated that through seminars and exchanges, they will collect and learn the rescue techniques and technological applications of other international search and rescue teams to promote the improvement and further evolution of Taipei City’s search and rescue capacity. Through each search and rescue team’s mutual training, we can achieve The goal of urban joint defense.

The Taipei City Fire Department pointed out that the Taipei City Search and Rescue Team was established in 1989. In addition to supporting domestic typhoons such as Xiangshen, Taozhi, Minduli, and Morakot, as well as the Tainan and Hualien earthquakes, during the period from 1990 to 112 It also supports foreign humanitarian relief operations such as earthquakes in El Salvador, Iran, Haiti, Indonesia, Japan, and Turkey.

In addition, the Taipei City Search and Rescue Team passed the National Search and Rescue Ability Classification Test (NAP) conducted by the Fire Department of the Ministry of Interior in 2010. The Taipei City Fire Department stated that the Taipei City Search and Rescue Team is the first search and rescue team in the country to obtain heavy-duty search and rescue capability certification (the highest level of capability). The team is also the oldest, most experienced and most technically skilled search and rescue team in the country.

The Taipei City Fire Department pointed out that in the face of increasingly severe natural disasters around the world, search and rescue work is facing increasingly difficult challenges. When large-scale disasters occur, we cannot rely solely on the search and rescue teams of a single country or region. We need the cooperation of search and rescue teams from all over the world to protect endangered species. s life.

Holding an international search and rescue seminar, the Taipei City Fire Department stated that in addition to technical exchanges, it also hopes to enhance cooperation with search and rescue teams from other countries, establish more rigorous communication channels, share each other’s rescue technologies and information, cooperate with each other during disaster relief, cooperate internally and externally, and work together Complete the rescue mission and achieve the original intention of urban joint defense of “when one party is in trouble, all parties will rush to help”. (Editor: Dai Guangyu) 1130424