After Being Reborn, I became a firefighter again?

Chapter 722: Chapter 489: A Bowl of Soup

The atmosphere suddenly became chilly.

Fang Huai also stopped speaking.

"Hehehe, streamlining departments is the general trend, and if Firefighting can take the lead in this step, that’s a good thing too."

Leader Hao, who didn’t understand the Fire Department very much, broke the silence.

But even the highest leadership’s statement didn’t prompt everyone to become enthusiastic.

"Hmm..." Political Commissar Wu thought for a moment and reminded, "Leader Hao, this matter is too significant. As one of the four main departments, the Fire Department occupies over an eighth of the Firefighting staffing, cutting this means approaching twenty thousand people."

"Oh..." Leader Hao smacked his lips and nodded.

The leaders also looked towards Fang Huai.

You have to be careful with what you say, kid.

Fang Huai usually felt intimidated by this issue, just like Political Commissar Wu said; it involved too many people.

But when he really did speak up, he wasn’t willing to be suppressed at all. Setting his resolve, he insisted:

"Political Commissar Wu, I mean, we should downplay administrative and bureaucratic colors, and focus more on rescue and research.

It doesn’t necessarily have to be a cut. In fact, many Fire Department cadres come from the front line, are rich in firefighting and rescue experience, and could completely return to front-line positions.

Also... Fire prevention always needs a direction, and moreover, the term ’Firefighting’ is no longer sufficient to precisely define our work. ’Fire Department’ is equally inappropriate. I think it should be called the ’Department of Public Safety Supervision,’ focusing on inspection and approval of hidden safety hazards in public places.

This department, however you look at it, should be a government function, staffed by civil servants. This way, the local supervision mechanism would naturally follow suit!

In other words, our current fire supervision... once there’s a crooked horse taking bribes during inspections, the difficulty of investigation is significant.

The Public Security doesn’t want to manage it, only wanting us to put out fires, thinking that the People’s Armed Police system and supervision should be managed by the People’s Armed Police. But with the Troops dispersed, with so few people, and Firefighting also being used by locals, it seems it should be managed locally. As for active duty offices, a provincial active duty office has just one office, a few people, all officers; do they have the capacity to manage?

Locals, on the other hand, think that issues with active duty military personnel should go to military courts, and it isn’t appropriate to interfere too much. freёwebnoѵel.com

Ultimately, the power of supervision falls to the vertical superior’s inspection departments, but these departments lack local information support, external investigation authority, and enforcement rights. Relying solely on their investigations and being far from subordinates, what can they uncover?

Moreover, there’s the question of investigation effectiveness.

Based on my understanding, some of our inspection departments, for the sake of investigation effectiveness, would go undercover to offer money to fire inspection personnel, engaging in entrapment.

Once he got fired up, Fang Huai simply blasted everyone at the table.

Sitting in a token seat beside them, Cao Yi swallowed nervously, almost wanting to pick up his stool and join the children’s table next to them.

Man, you really have some nerve.

However, Cao Yi misunderstood the disposition of the leaders present.

The leaders simply smiled.

It seemed Mayor Liu had also finished eating, and put down his chopsticks.

"Little Fang, this kind of issue is also very common in our government departments. It can’t be completely resolved just by transitioning to local control. There are always more solutions than problems and we can’t deny the important role of this department because of a few bad apples."

"I’m not denying it, Mayor Liu." Fang Huai shook his head and said:

"When it comes to the importance of fire control, prevention comes before firefighting. However, I believe that after the separation, both sides can be more professional.

Take education, for instance. During my recent study at the school, the most obvious feeling was that firefighting and prevention are two completely different specialties. The gap between them is like the difference between Leader Hao’s Automatic Control and Computer System Engineering and my Computer Science and Technology. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

They both have ’computer’ in the name, but they head in different directions.

Moreover, with the current complex rescue situation, if we lump firefighting and prevention together as one broad major, how can we talk about specialization?

Most students at our school really aren’t that smart. They can’t handle so many complex pieces of knowledge.

Then there’s the issue of promotion. Square pegs in round holes. Some outstanding grassroots cadres must reluctantly move to fire prevention positions for their own promotion. A person’s excellence is shown in their specialized field, and when they’re put in unsuitable positions, many previously exceptional cadres become just part of the crowd.

Then there’s the problem with the atmosphere... I won’t mention the negative impact brought by the fire prevention department.

In short, fire prevention positions are completely society-oriented; even the military system of Firefighting couldn’t change its nature, whereas rescue positions must be utterly militarized and focused in order to solidify foundational skills and become stronger and more professional."

Fang Huai still had a lot on his mind that he didn’t feel appropriate to voice.

Without independence, there could be no military system; it was inevitable.

"Military is military, police is police, civilians are civilians"; with that single cut, based solely on these administrative units’ considerations and such a large personnel size, Firefighting could be categorized under "civilians."

However, Political Commissar Wu said leisurely, "Little Fang, the term Firefighting is a badge of honor that generations of us have spent thirty years ingraining into people’s hearts. If we separate, can we still call it Firefighting?"

Fang Huai smiled faintly and said, "The term Firefighting is just a name; it’s fine to continue using it. The preventive publicity, facility spot-checks, and other functions—we can still carry on with them. What has won people’s hearts is our firefighting suits, our emergency suits; even if we were just called 119, the public would still recognize us. On the other hand, the authority to approve fire inspections has led to many disputes and misunderstandings with the public."