Chapter 407 - 287: The Alliance of Salted Fish (Part 2)

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Chapter 407: Chapter 287: The Alliance of Salted Fish (Part 2)"Sanye, Old Wang and I came to see you. You take the first drink." Zhang Junyan twisted open the bottle cap, poured some liquor into the river, and then raised the bottle to take a small sip. The Water Police Station’s Political Commissioner Wang picked up the second bottle and also poured a bit into the river, looking at 001 and the dunships behind while choking up, "I know you worry about the river and are sure to come back to check. Now you can be at ease, with the boats and people all here, and if anything happens on the river, it won’t be left unmanaged." The Deputy Director Zhou from the Agricultural Bureau stepped forward, leaning on the railing and saying, "Director Xu, the Provincial Fishery Administration is building a five-hundred-tonne Fishery Administration Ship for us, which we expect to launch next year. I intend not only to enforce the law on the river, but also to go out to sea to enforce it, even to protect our rights. You will have to keep a lookout for us by then." Director Peng from the Water Police Station took the liquor bottle from Commissioner Wang, poured a little into the river, and then without even wiping the bottle’s mouth, took a swig, grimacing and saying, "Old Xu, even though you never were the chief of the Water Police Station, you have always been our chief in our hearts! Rest assured, Old Wang and I will lead the Water Police Station well, and we will certainly not let you down." "Director Xu, Salted Fish and Ningning are about to get married, and Xiao Yu has already put on the police uniform and is undergoing new police training in Hanwu. Both children have become someone you can be proud of. You can rest easy." Sister Zhu couldn’t continue, she rubbed her eyes and returned to the queue. Deputy Director Zeng from the Customs knelt down, turned back to glance at Han Yu, and pretended to be cheerful, "Director Xu, even though you’re gone, our agreement is still valid. Salted Fish has said he will continue to uphold it. You can’t just roam the Yangtze River and the vast sea; if you come across any smuggling clues, be sure to send us a dream." "Director Xu, everything is fine, don’t worry." Li Weiguo had a lot to say to his old comrade, but faced with the situation, he didn’t know what to say. Zhang Junyan looked back at everyone and reminded, "Old Jiang, you’re an old friend of Sanye, hurry up and say a few words to him." Jiang Xiaojun snapped back to reality and quickly said, "I’m by the river every day, I’m with Sanye every day, there’s nothing much to say." "Old Liu?" "I feel the same." "Alright, we’ll leave it at that for today, we’ll come to see you again next year." Zhang Junyan poured the remaining liquor into the river, stood up and signalled everyone to line up, once again facing the rolling river to salute. Fang Guoya was deeply moved. In the past, he had lost comrades in the fire brigade, and everyone missed them deeply, but it wasn’t like the loss of a superior master who could make so many unit leaders feel such deep remembrance. Xiao Gong was both shocked and moved, although he had never met the first director of the Yanjiang Police Station, and had not even heard much about it before, tears still swirled in his eyes. After the flag-raising ceremony and the memorial service ended, the leaders went to the second-floor meeting room. Fang Guoya was wondering how to sort out the leaders’ lunch when the young "Boss Lady" came over and said, "Boss Fang, Salted Fish is asking you to join the meeting upstairs." "A meeting?" "Yes, hurry up, don’t keep the leaders waiting." "Okay, thank you." Fang Guoya collected himself and quickly climbed to the second floor. Entering the meeting room, he saw Director Zhang, Deputy Director Zeng, Director Zhou, Director Zhu, Director Peng, Political Commissioner Wang, and two leaders from the Bailong Port Police Station sitting around the conference table, with their superiors preparing meeting materials, while the friends of the first director of the Yanjiang Police Station continued to reminisce in the adjacent command dispatch room. Fang Guoya was puzzled as to why a meeting was being called at this time, when Director Zhang looked up and said, "Salted Fish, begin." Han Yu couldn’t help but recall how his master had decided to hold a meeting right in this place to discuss the joint efforts of the Port Supervision, Customs, and Binjiang Port Police to crack down on the illegal eel fry fishing, as well as arming passenger ships like Bai Shen and Bai Liu for escorted voyages. "Ladies and gentlemen, leaders and comrades, Director Zhang has asked me to take the opportunity today to report to you on the issues that exist in the firefighting efforts in Binjiang Waters, especially along the Binjiang Yangtze River coastline, as well as some thoughts on how to improve firefighting." Han Yu steadied his mind and spoke confidently: "Firstly, the existing issues can be summarized into four main areas: one is the fragmentation in jurisdictional division. Not only are there many spots and long lines, but due to jurisdictional issues, it has been divided into two major parts: waters and the coastline, and even the coastline has been further subdivided." Water firefighting is relatively unified and should be under the jurisdiction of Port Supervision. The firefighting along the coastline has indeed been split into segments. For example, the Changhang Bureau only has authority over the port district coastline, and the Water Police Station covers the coastline of the Chonggang, development zone, and Gangzha areas beyond a ten-kilometer stretch of the port district. The firefighting efforts of enterprises and institutions along the coastlines of Changzhou, Gaoru, Linghai, and Dongqi, in theory, should be managed by their respective District County Police Departments, but in reality, the firefighting forces of several district and county police departments are too weak to take care of fire protection by the riverside... Fang Guoya felt that his immediate superior’s summary was sensible, but these were issues that should concern the city and even the provincial tiers, not for him, a deputy division commander of water firefighting in the industry police, to worry about. Wasn’t that overstepping into the concerns of the higher leadership? Han Yu, unaware of what his subordinate was thinking, continued: "Second, the rules and regulations for water firefighting are not comprehensive. According to current laws and regulations, the Port Supervision should have the right to supervise and enforce water firefighting, but in reality, they only perform routine checks on the firefighting equipment and materials on ships. Port Supervision enforcement personnel do not even have a good understanding of firefighting knowledge. This has resulted in Port Supervision, water firefighting, and water police departments all having the power to enforce laws on water firefighting, but when it comes to responsibility, they claim to have no basis, and their overlapping enforcement has turned water firefighting into a no-man’s land. Overall, the superiors have not clearly defined the jurisdiction, responsibilities, legal basis, or legal consequences of water firefighting, making law enforcement for water firefighting baseless. Creating and perfecting corresponding laws and regulations is not something that our few departments alone can achieve." From the fragmented jurisdiction to the incomplete legal regulations, to the underdeveloped state of water firefighting capabilities, to the superficial management of firefighting supervision. All these summaries were accurate and hit the nail on the head, and the leaders present sincerely agreed. "Faced with the dire firefighting situation before us, we cannot just wait for the higher-ups to determine the matters of jurisdiction over water and coastline, nor can we wait for them to perfect the water firefighting regulations, and certainly, we cannot wait for them to allocate funds to strengthen water firefighting forces. Therefore, I strongly suggest that our departments work in concert, based on our actual situation, to jointly improve firefighting efforts for enterprises and institutions both on water and along the coastline." A deputy division commander, who had just taken office a few days ago, was actually thinking about matters not even within the purview of the City Bureau Fire Department head; Fang Guoya couldn’t believe his ears. Zhang Junyan was very satisfied with Salted Fish’s summary and nodded slightly. Director Zhu smiled and looked towards Director Peng and Political Commissioner Wang. Water firefighting wasn’t closely related to Customs or the Fishery Administration, so Deputy Director Zeng of Customs and Deputy Director Zhou Hong of the Agricultural Bureau refrained from commenting, simply smiling without saying a word. Director Peng realized that his opinion was very important and raised his head to say, "We in the Water Police Station have no objections. Besides, taking the lead in our work has always been a tradition of our river-related departments." This was exactly what Xu Sanye used to do, regardless of whether there were directives from the superiors or not. When a problem arose, they solved it first and acted! Political Commissioner Wang saw the shadow of Xu Sanye in Salted Fish and said with a smile, "Salted Fish, we are amateurs in firefighting, but you are different. You have obtained a mid-level firefighting professional title, with both theory and practice under your belt, and you’ve seen the world. We would like to hear your thoughts." "Yes, let’s talk about your thoughts, please be as specific as possible," Sister Zhu added. "First of all, I recommend that our departments refer to the water firefighting regulations set by the East Sea to determine the management rights for firefighting on both water and coastline. Water firefighting falls under the jurisdiction of the Port Supervision Bureau, the ten-kilometer coastline of the port district is managed by our Changhang Bureau, and the rest of the coastline is uniformly managed by the Water Police Station." "Salted Fish, you know the situation of our division; we currently lack funds and personnel. Without the proper tools, we simply cannot undertake such fragile work!" "Director Peng, there aren’t many enterprises along the coastlines of Dongqi, Linghai, Changzhou, and Gaoru. If we can gain support from the City Bureau and fight for the rights to manage coastline firefighting, then we would just need to establish four Fire Supervision Stations, with two police officers per station being enough."

Chapter 407 - 287: The Alliance of Salted Fish (Part 2)

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