Rescue and medical workers from the member statesof the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)took part in a joint disaster relief drillfrom June 10 to June 16in Shaoxing city in east China’s Zhejian province.
Four rescue teams from Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan respectively, 3 earthquakesearchand rescue teams with heavy equipment and 2 medicalteams from China’s fire department, took part, said China’s Ministry of civil Affairs.
A total of 1,000 people joined the drill, which was organized by China's ministries ofCivil Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Public Security, as well as the Zhejiang provincialgovernment.
It was set in an imaginary scenario in which a big city in China is jolted by 8.0 magnitude earthquake, with heavy casualties, serious damage to building and secondary disaster like fire, explosion and chemical leaks. In the scenario, due to lack of rescue forces, China asked members states of the SCO to provide emergency aid. |
