Firefighting Rescue Team Stationed at National Museum

Firefighters stand at attention in front of the National Museum of China during the opening ceremony of their fire station at the museum, in Beijing, Aug 22, 2019. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]

　　An official firefighting rescue team was stationed at the National Museum of China, the biggest museum in the world, on Thursday, marking the establishment of the first firefighting rescue work station that is specially set up for a museum in China.

The nameplate for the official firefighting rescue team that is specially set up for the National Museum of China is unveiled, in Beijing, Aug 22, 2019. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]

The firefighting rescue national museum station consists of 25 staff members with 20 firefighters and is equipped with two fire-fighting trucks. It aims to better protect the national museum, which houses more than 1.4 million precious exhibits, and prevent it from suffering similar tragic blazes like those that decimated the National Museum of Brazil and severely damaged Notre Dame Cathedral.

Security personnel hang the nameplate on a wall of the official firefighting rescue team specially established for the National Museum of China, in Beijing, Aug 22, 2019. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]

Security personnel hold the nameplate of the official firefighting rescue team specially established for the National Museum of China, the biggest museum in the world, in Beijing, Aug 22, 2019. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]

Security personnel of the National Museum of China attend the opening ceremony of the firefighting rescue station for the museum, in Beijing, Aug 22, 2019. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]

Security personnel and firefighters attend the opening ceremony of the firefighting rescue station for the museum, in Beijing, Aug 22, 2019. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]