"Fire" is to eliminate hidden dangers and prevent disasters (that is, to prevent and solve people's life, work, and study in the process of man-made and natural, accidental disasters), of course, the meaning of fire in the early days of people's understanding is: (put out) the meaning of fire.
It mainly includes the rescue of personnel at the fire scene, the rescue of important facilities and equipment, cultural relics, the safety and rescue of important property, and the extinguishing of fire. The purpose is to reduce the degree of damage caused by fire, reduce casualties and property losses. In wartime, it will be under the unified command of the people's air defense headquarters at all levels, with professional firefighting forces as the backbone, and mobilize full-time firefighting teams, volunteer teams, and the people in enterprises, institutions, towns and townships. Fire fighting operations mainly include: ① Find out the fire and damage, understand the terrain and wind direction of the fire site, the structure of the fire building, entrances and exits, and the situation of the trapped people. ② Implement on-site command, organize forces to rush to the fire scene quickly, select extinguishing agents and fire-fighting equipment according to the nature of the fire, and correctly use fire-fighting tactics according to the situation of the fire scene, the main methods include fire prevention, setting up fire isolation zones, blocking fire lanes, extinguishing residual fires and guarding the fire scene. ③ Rescuing the trapped persons quickly, transferring the injured persons and sending them away. ④ Timely evacuation or isolation of dangerous goods near the fire site to prevent secondary disasters. Water and chemical extinguishing agents shall be used for fire fighting, and fire engines, fire extinguishers, motor pumps and other equipment shall be used for fire fighting. Adhere to the principle of first people before things, first control and then destroy, and ensure focus.