HO CHI MINH CITY, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Ho Chi Minh City plans to invest 8 trillion Vietnamese dong (360 million U.S. dollars) in buying new fire-prevention and fire-fighting equipment, including robots and boats, local media reported Saturday.
According to the city's fire-prevention master plan to 2025, all 24 districts will have professional fire prevention and fighting units with modern equipment and devices, including robots and fire-fighting boats, Vietnam News Agency reported.
Under the plan, the city will purchase 258 fire-fighting vehicles, 61 fire-fighting pumps, two vessels and six canoes for fire fighting on waterways, and two rescue canoes in the 2016-2020 period.
Fire police will promote international cooperation, enhance the quality of fire hydrants and install more than 12,000 underground hydrants.
The plan called for new technology for digital map and remote sensing, and research on new materials used to prevent fire, as well as new fire-fighting chemical substances.
Around 60 satellite fire-fighting teams will be created to increase efficiency in fire-fighting.
By 2025, the city's Fire Prevention and Fighting Police Department is expected to have 11 expert bureaus, 24 district sub-departments and 47 fire-fighting and rescue teams.
