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National Fire Fighting
V. Disaster Rescue
1. Enhancement on local disaster rescue capacity
(1) The 18th rescue team instructor-training course was carried out from August to September of
2017 and 33 members have completed this training. This helped to enhance local fire departments
overall disaster rescue performance.
(2) To enhance firefighters’ capability of relieving chemical disasters and to ensure their safety while
conducting fire fighting missions, the NFA has carried out fundamental chemical disaster rescue
training (33 person-times) and commander training (34 person-times) in 2017.
2. Improvement on firefighters’ disaster rescue vehicles and equipment
(1) The "Four Year Mid-Term Fire Fighting Disaster Rescue Equipment Refinement Project”
To respond to the need of conducting hazardous chemical disaster rescue mission, insufficient
equipment for complex disaster rescues, missions, feeble fire fighting force due to local government's
economically difficult situations and appeals of National Association for Firefighters' Rights, the "Four
Year Mid-Term Fire Fighting Disaster Rescue Equipment Refinement Project” was conducted after an
evaluation of local demand. Local governments have received a subsidy NT$285,258,000 from 2016 to
2019 to purchase 11 types of disaster rescue equipment and facilities.
(2) The “Seven Year Long-Term Fire Fighting Vehicle Equipment Refining Project”
The “Seven Year Long-Term Fire Fighting Vehicle Equipment Refining Project” was drawn to
guide municipality and county/city governments (or fire departments) from 2015 to 2021, to purchase
280 fire engines and 154 rescue air-cushion required for disaster rescue missions.
3. Enhancing safety measures for disaster rescue missions
Enhance the fire place safety management; promote the construct of three-layer safety management
mechanism, including the management team and consultants, team leader and commander; and deliberate
the concepts of graded command and modularized dispatch system.
4. Enhancing emergency response measures during specific periods
(1) The NFA set and enhanced the 2017 Fire Rescue Preparation Plan during the Chinese New Year
period; supervising fire fighting agencies at all levels to prepare all types of rescue data, hold practical
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