《119请回答》：致敬“赴汤蹈火”的英雄们

Xu Fan

《119 请回答》是一部消防纪录片。该记录片用近一年的时间在重庆、哈尔滨两地的两个基层消防站，用真实多样的警情、生动扎实的训练生活，还原出一个个有担当、有勇气，更有人情味的消防员形象。

Many people view a firefighter's job as dangerous—wrapped in a thick protective suit, rushing into a burning building to rescue the trapped. Despite that being a critical part of their work, firefighters have a more diverse daily schedule.

Call 119, a six-part documentary, follows two teams of firefighters,respectively in Chongqing, Southwest China, and Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province,over nearly a year.The film crew（全体工作人员）stayed with the teams for two months and shot some 12,000 hours of footage.The documentary also captures some of the lesser—known aspects of firefighters' work, from rescuing a lost kitten to using a pair of scissors to get a ring off someone's swollen finger.

Wu Zijuan,the chief director,says the camera crew got used to falling asleep while still wearing their outfits in order to quickly follow firefighters when they received emergency calls.China's emergency management rules say the response time for a firefighting unit should be within 45 seconds in the daytime and not exceed（超过）1 minute at night,according to Li Baite,a firefighter from Chongqing.

The reason for picking the subject was to let more people know about the country's firefighting system and firefighters' work to keep communities safe. Reality is the biggest charm of a documentary. All the stories featured in the documentary are real-life incidents, and will help the audience obtain more knowledge about how to do basic first aid and handle injuries.

In one episode of the documentary, a father suffered severe burns. The firefighters, on arrival, tried hard to persuade the elderly man not to touch anything to avoid infection. The father ignored them, and even had his back on the ground.“We were very shocked to know that the father died three days after he was admitted to hospital because of infection,”says director Wu.

“The documentary not only wants to praise the heroic firefighters,but also seeks to serve as a kaleidoscope（万花筒）to show some aspects of real life in our society,”says Wu.“We wish the audience will cherish the significance and value of life more, which is what we expect to get from this work as well.”