According to the Guangdong Provincial Emergency Management Department on the 14th, the department recently organized emergency aviation rescue forces to conduct specialized winch rescue drills in Zhuhai, focusing on both land and maritime scenarios to enhance actual combat air rescue capabilities.
The Guangdong Provincial Emergency Management Department stated that the drills were practice-oriented, closely following the characteristics of real rescue missions. Two major training scenarios—mountainous land and open sea—were scientifically set up to address rescue challenges in different environments.
During the land‑based mountainous winch rescue drills, given the complex terrain, dense vegetation, deep ravines, lack of accessible roads, inability of ground rescue vehicles to reach the scene, difficulty for ground rescue forces to arrive quickly, and helicopters being unable to land on site, the training successively carried out practical exercises including two‑person single‑lift, two‑person double‑lift, 'screamer suit' rescue (fast‑rope/winch rescue using specialized suits), and stretcher hoist rescue. These drills focused on honing the ability of emergency aviation rescue forces to perform low‑altitude hovering in complex terrain and confined spaces, precise winch deployment, and stable hoisting of injured personnel.
During the maritime winch rescue drills, addressing challenges such as strong winds and waves, drifting persons in distress, and difficulty in helicopter control, the training sequentially conducted two‑person single‑lift and two‑person double‑lift winch rescue operations. These aimed to strengthen the emergency aviation rescue forces' capabilities to quickly lock onto rescue targets, maintain stable low‑altitude helicopter hovering, and carry out efficient and precise rescues.
The Guangdong Provincial Emergency Management Department stated that going forward, it will continue to adhere to the principle of 'training based on combat needs and enhancing combat readiness through training.' It will regularly organize emergency aviation rescue forces to conduct realistic winch rescue training across multiple land‑and‑sea scenarios, accelerate the improvement of rescue capability gaps, refine specialized emergency aviation rescue skills, and continuously strengthen actual combat readiness. This will provide solid and reliable aerial rescue support for preventing and mitigating major safety risks, efficiently handling various land‑and‑sea emergencies, and safeguarding the lives and property of the people.
Based on this background, The 4th Aviation Emergency Rescue Annual Conference will be held on June 11th - June 12th in Nanjing, China. Amid opportunities from national emergency capacity building and the low-altitude economy strategy, the Annual Conference has become a core platform for understanding policy trends, connecting resources, and fostering technological and industrial collaboration, collectively advancing China's aviation rescue capabilities toward professionalism, systematization, and global.