Dreaming of joining the army since her childhood, Li Lang has always been looking for opportunities to contribute to the fire fighting forces.
The first learned about blackboard newspapers when she had the freshmen military training at ECNU. One of the instructors, who was from a fire station, said to her, “You are learning design. Would you mind coming to our fire station to tell us how to make a nice blackboard newspaper?” This led to her first experience in blackboard newspaper design at fire stations.
Afterwards, Li Lang worked in various fire stations across Shanghai on a voluntary basis in her spare time to help firefighters with blackboard newspaper creation and display board production.
Li Lang cannot remember how many fire stations she has visited over the past seven years and how many blackboard newspapers she has helped design. She works for the fire stations 2 or 3 times a month and enjoys her work there. Whenever she finds a blackboard newspaper created by her and the firefighters appreciated, she feels her work pays off.
Li Lang also said that every time she draws on a blackboard, she silently pays tribute to all the firefighters in her heart.
This June, Li Lang is about to graduate and start her career. Will she continue to be dedicated to this voluntary work in the future?
For this question, Li Lang answered, “it’s cool to stick it out. I wish that at the age of 80, I could still remain active in fire stations and promote disaster risk reduction among the public.”
Author: Xu Xincheng
Interviewee: Li Lang
Copy editor: Philip Nash
Editor: Li Mengjie
