New teams to protect rail and air travelers

Travelers using the capital's international airport and its fast-growing rail and underground network will be protected in the future by special fire-fighting teams.

Beijing Daily quoted an insider from the fire department as saying that the organization's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) calls for not only the establishment of the new units but massive upgrades to fire-fighting equipment.

The city's fire department expects to have a fire-fighting brigade at the airport and six brigades protecting the railway network as soon as possible.