President commends Quang Nam’s fire-fighters

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has commended the fire-fighting section of the police of central Quang Nam province for their efforts to successfully rescue a group of teachers and students trapped on the bank of a stream in Que Son district.
President commends Quang Nam’s fire-fighters ảnh 1The fire-fighting section of the police of central Quang Nam is commended for their efforts to successfully rescue a group of teachers and students trapped on the bank of a stream in Que Son district. (Photo: qrt.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuchas commended the fire-fighting section of the police of centralQuang Nam province for their efforts to successfully rescue a group of teachersand students trapped on the bank of a stream in Que Son district.

In his letter, thePresident commended the team for their ingenuity, decisiveness, courage andrescue skills, affirming that this feat has contributed to highlighting theimage of the People's Public Security officers who are always ready to serve thepeople, and do not mind difficulties and dangers in protecting people's lives andproperties.

He urged each citizento actively improve their initiative in natural disaster prevention andcontrol, and calmly deal with unexpected incident.

The President also askedlocalities to step up communication activities and better the capacity fornatural disaster prevention and control, incident response and search andrescue.

At 3:58pm on August 6, after receiving the information that a group of 23students and teachers got stranded in the bank of Tien Stream in QueHiep commune, Que Son district, a15-member fire-fighting and rescue team rush to the site.

By 17:30 on the same day, the force had taken students and teachers to safety./.
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