On September 5, 2021, a magnitude - 6.8 earthquake struck Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The Blue Sky Rescue Team immediately activated its emergency response. At 14:25 on September 5, the Blue Sky Rescue Team dispatched an advance working group equipped with life - detection devices and other equipment to Luding County and Shimian County in Ya'an, Sichuan Province to assess the disaster situation.
On the same day, the Blue Sky Rescue Team in Sichuan Province rushed to Detuo Town, Luding County to carry out rescue work.
On September 6, the Blue Sky Rescue Team from Chongqing rushed to Wajiao Township, Shimian County to carry out rescue work.
On September 7, the Blue Sky Rescue Team in Anhui Province launched the earthquake rescue operation. There were 91 people on - site to carry out tasks. All of them were equipped with active - risk - taking insurance, and they all had special skills in emergency rescue, water - area search and rescue, earthquake rescue, etc. They also had experience in joint rescue operations. The team adhered to daily nucleic acid testing for all members. A total of 18 rescue vehicles, 11 assault boats, 2 life - detection devices, 2 thermal - imaging drones, and a number of ropes, shovels, lighting equipment, etc. were mobilized. The team was capable of undertaking tasks such as land transportation, water - area transportation, and mountain - area search.
On September 8th, the Chongqing team dispatched 8 vehicles and 40 people. They carried out the work of evacuating the masses and searching for people near the lakeside at the Daba Power Station and Tianwan River Bridge in Wajiao Township. In total, assault boats were deployed over 65 times, and more than 185 people were evacuated. As of now, the Chongqing team has deployed assault boats over 295 times, and has evacuated more than 935 people in total.
