A total of 173 people died during the 2015 Tianjin explosions, including eight who were listed as missing and presumed dead; a further 798 people were injured. The Tianjin explosions were the deadliest single incident the Chinese firefighters had to respond to since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
Statistics +ClassificationConfirmed deadPresumed deadTotalChina Fire Services active service firefighters24024Volunteer firefighters75580Police11011Civilians55358Total1658173
China Fire Services active service firefighters
Prior to its disbandment in 2018, was part of the Ministry of Public Security Active Service Forces, meaning CFS firefighters were People's Armed Police personnel.
A total of 46 firefighting companies, 143 firefighting vehicles and over 1000 fire engines of the were dispatched.
A total of 24 active service firefighters were killed, with 69 more injured.
The 8th Street Company suffered the most casualties out of all the companies responding to the explosions, out of 26 firefighters sent, 8 died and 18 were injured, causing the company to only be able to be re-mobilized on December 31, 2015, due to the casualties and multiple firefighters leaving due to survivor guilt. On March 29, 2017, the 8th Street Company received the honorary title "Firefighting Hero Company" (灭火救援英雄中队) for their actions and losses during the Tianjin explosions.
After the list of fallen firefighters was made public, multiple ambulances had to be deployed due to many family members of the victims having heart attacks out of shock.
Confirmed dead Name and rankChinese nameGenderAgeYears of service UnitCityProvinceNotesCorporal Cheng Yuan成圆Male214 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade 8th Street CompanyPrivate Chen Bowen陈博文191 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade, Specialist CompanyPrivate Cai Jiayuan蔡家远 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade 8th Street CompanyCorporal Gao Hongsen高洪森203 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade, Specialist CompanyPrivate 1st Class Guo Junyao郭俊瑶192 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade 3rd Street CompanyJiningShandongMajor Jiang Zeguo江泽国3616 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade Headquarters1st Lieutenant Li Hongxi李洪喜34 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade 8th Street Company (Political commissar)Private 1st Class Li Yuanhang李远航212 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade, Specialist Company1st Lieutenant Liang Shilei梁仕磊263 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade 8th Street Company (Acting Company commander)Staff Sergeant Lin Haiming林海明3012 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade, Specialist CompanyLiaoningSergeant Liu Cheng刘程236 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade 8th Street CompanyPrivate Ning Yu宁宇191 Brigade Tianbao Road CompanyPrivate First Class Ning Zimo宁子默212 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade, Specialist CompanyJiningShandongCorporal Pang Ti庞题245 Brigade Tianbao Road CompanySuizhouHubeiStaff Sergeant Shao Junqiang邵俊强3012 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade Taihu Road Company Specialist Squad (former squad leader)2nd Lieutenant Tang Ziyi唐子懿266 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade 8th Street CompanyTianjinStaff Sergeant Tian Baojian田宝健3010 Brigade Central Ring West road Company Driver squad (former squad leader)TianjinLieutenant Colonel Wang Jiliang王吉良4425 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade (Former Deputy fire chief)DezhouShandongHighest ranking firefighter to die in the explosionsSergeant Wang Qi王琪247 Brigade Tianbao Road companyCorporal Yang Gang杨钢234 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade 8th Street CompanyChongqingSergeant Yin Yanrong尹艳荣257 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade, Specialist CompanyHeilongjiangPrivate Yuan Hai袁海181 Brigade Tianbao Road CompanySichuanYoungest active service firefighter killed in the explosionsCorporal Zhen Yuhang甄宇航224 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade 3rd Street CompanyHebeiPrivate 1st Class Zi Qinghai訾青海202 Economic-Technological Development Area Brigade 8th Street Company
Volunteer firefighters All volunteer firefighter (Known as "career firefighters"(专职消防员) in China) casualties were in the Firefighting division. The Port of Tianjin Public Security Bureau was renamed to the Tianjin Binhai New Area Public Security Bureau Port of Tianjin Subbureau in 2018, and disbanded in 2022.
Casualties were particularly high among volunteer firefighters due to their fire station's close proximity to the explosions, meaning they were some of the first to respond.
All volunteer firefighters killed in the line of duty received martyr status.
Confirmed dead NameChinese nameGenderAgeCityProvinceYin Legang殷乐刚MaleDong Zepeng董泽鹏Fan Chunyu樊春雨Fan Xingyun范兴运Han Junbo韩军波Jia Hongguang贾洪广Qi Jixu齐吉旭18DezhouShandongTang Xianwang唐先旺Chen Xiande陈宪德Cui Fukang崔富康Cui Zhenyu崔振宇Dong Yaoyong董尧勇Fan Xiaofei樊小飞Han Zhigang韩志刚He Chengpeng何成朋Hu Le胡乐Jia Naiyuan贾乃源Jin Xiaogang靳晓刚Lei Chi雷驰Lei Yong雷勇Li Fuyue李富越Li Xiao李潇Li Xueming李学明Li Changxing李长兴Liu Beiwen刘倍文Liu Chuang刘闯Liu Guogang刘国刚Liu Tianlong刘天龙Liu Yue刘悦Liu Zhiqiang刘治强Liu Chuntao柳春涛Lu Yanhui禄燕辉Meng Zhanli蒙占立Peng Debao彭德宝Ren Yuhao任宇浩Song Fuchang宋福昌Song Tianyi宋天意Su Yang苏杨Sun Weiqi孙伟奇Wang Jun王俊Wang Quan王全Wang Shijie王世杰Sun Yunfei孙云飞Nie Quanxing聂全星Zhang Shengping张圣平Liu Mingyang刘明阳Wang Shengmin王胜民17DezhouShandongJiang Liming姜立铭Li Mingxing李明星Li Zhi李志Wang Yu王宇Wei Junbing魏俊冰Xu Baolong徐宝龙Xu Ridong徐日东Yang Weiguang杨伟光Yu Xiaobo余晓波Yue Xiaoning岳晓宁Zhang Fu张甫Zhang Qian张乾Qiao Peng乔鹏Wang Mingyue王明月Zhou Qingshan周青山DezhouShandongZhang Sumei张素梅FemaleXue Ning薛宁MaleYuan Jianjing原建京Yuan Xuxu苑旭旭Zhang Qi张奇Zhang Rutao张如涛Zhu Xiaowei朱晓伟Zhang Guangyang张广杨Zhang Mengyu张梦宇Zhao Jiaao赵家澳Zheng Guangliang郑光亮Zhu Jun朱君
Presumed dead NameChinese nameGenderChang Jingli常景立MaleWang Shengpeng王胜鹏DezhouShandongWang Wenxu王文旭Wang Shaojie王少杰Wang Chunming王春明
Policemen The 's Police chief also suffered heavy injuries during the explosions, while deputy Chief Chen Jiahua was killed in the explosions Name and rankChinese nameGenderAgeYears of serviceUnitCityProvinceSupervisor 1st class Chen Yongjun陈勇军Male5432 Firefighting division 1st Team (Former team leader)TianjinSupervisor 3rd Class Zhao Yong赵勇4212 Firefighting division Training office (former office leader)Supervisor 1st Class Zhang Gansheng张干生5129 Firefighting division 4th Team (Former deputy political commissar)Supervisor 1st Class Zhang Shaofeng张少峰5635 Firefighting divisionSupervisor 1st Class Gu Shoujian谷守建5433TianjinSupervisor 2nd Class Zhao Fei赵飞4523 Firefighting division 5th team (former team leader)Supervisor 1st Class Chen Jiahua陈嘉华4421 Firefighting Division (Former deputy police chief and division Chief)Supervisor 2nd Class Zheng Guowang郑国旺4020 Command Center (former deputy command center leader)Supervisor 3rd Class Ning Shuwei宁书伟3616 Traffic police division 2nd teamSupervisor 1st Class Liu Feng刘峰4824 Northern Port Area Division (Former Division Chief)Supervisor 3rd Class Wang Wanqiang王万强3816 Northern Port Area Division Yuejin Road station (Former political commissar)Supervisor 1st Class Lu Changjiang陆长江53 Firefighting Division (former division political commissar)
Port of Tianjin PSB 5th Firefighting team All 25 firefighters of the Port of Tianjin PSB's 5th Firefighting team who were dispatched to the explosions were killed, along with all 6 fire engines of the unit being destroyed in the incident. The remaining members of the team, consisting of 1 political commissar, 3 firefighters, 3 policemen, 1 communications officer and 2 drivers were all off duty.
Civilians The vast majority of civilian casualties came from the storage workers at the port or family members of the firefighters, though some were also people living near the port.
Confirmed dead +NameChinese nameGenderCityProvinceQi Xinli齐新利MaleTianjinWang Yunliang王运良PuyangHenanHan Zhenchao韩贞超He Yongjun贺勇军AnyangZhou Jiuru周久儒JinzhouLiaoningZhi Chaoming智超鸣TianjinBi Shengwu毕胜武XingtaiHebeiMeng Xiancai孟贤财QingdaoShandongQiao Gang乔刚TianjinCheng Haibin程海彬Tai'anShandongZhu Yawei朱亚伟ShijiazhuangHebeiBi Xinghu毕星虎XingtaiZhao Jianqiang赵建强Zhang Hui张辉ZaozhuangShandongWu Dekui武德魁HegangHeilongjiangLi Quansheng李全胜TianjinZou Shiqiang邹士强XuzhouJiangsuNie Yun聂云JinzhongShanxiChen Yougui陈友桂XiaoganHubeiWang Lili王莉莉FemaleDezhouShandongFan Ruliang范如亮MaleZhang Xiaojun张晓军TianjinTian Yuanhua田元华FemaleJilinJilinZhang Chi张驰ZhangjiakouHebeiLiu Hailong刘海龙MaleChengdeYang Xiuyuan杨修远TianjinLi Hongqiang李红强FemaleShijiazhuangHebeiLiu Jianjian刘剑剑MaleTai'anShandongWang Zhongqi王忠琪LiaoyangLiaoningMa Yanqiu马艳秋CangzhouHebeiMa Shufang马书芳FemaleXianyangShaanxiWang Yonggang王永刚MaleTianjinShi Yuzhang史玉章Li Wei李伟Li Yuan李媛FemaleWang Wenwu王文武MaleLuo Yunming罗云溟Zhang Qiangmin张强民BinzhouShandongLiu Huili刘会利Ma Fengjiang马风江Si Jianchun司建春Zhang Jiangguo张建国Zhao Jirong赵吉荣Fang Zhiqiang方志强Ding Jianlun丁建论Yang Dayan杨大炎JiujiangJiangxiXi Yuanrong习远荣ZhaotongYunnanYang Yunlong杨运龙FuqingFuzhouYang Huiling杨会玲FemaleKaifengHenanLi Wenyun李文芸ZhangjiakouHebeiChai Yueguo柴跃国MaleXingtaiLi Jianhui李建辉Zhang Yang张扬TianjinWang Zhichun王之春JiningShandongMa Ran马然SipingJilin
Presumed dead +NameChinese nameGenderCityProvinceCao Zhende曹振德MaleTianjinHu Mingyi胡明益Wei Haochen魏浩晨DezhouShandong
Identification of victims and casualty count The full list of casualties, including those missing presumed dead, was released on September 11, 2016, after it was determined that the remaining 8 people missing likely had not survived.
Posthumous awards On September 9, 2016, all firefighters and police killed during the explosion posthumously received martyr status and 2.3 million RMB in compensation.
All 24 CFS firefighters posthumously received the Medal of Devotion for National Defense. Additionally, all 8 firefighters from the 8th Street company who died posthumously received 1st Class Meritorious Services Medals.
Legal status of Port of Tianjin Public Security Bureau firefighters and police The volunteer firefighters and private police of the were technically employees of the Port of Tianjin which meant they were not public employees and were non-staff personnel, leading to questions about their eligibility for posthumous awards. When asked about this by journalists on the 16th of August, then-premier Li Keqiang responded:
Li Keqiang also said that both active service and volunteer firefighters should receive the same treatment in terms of awards and condolences, as they performed the same duties. On September 9, 2016, all volunteer firefighters were given martyr status along with standard firefighters, with each of their families receiving 2.3 million RMB in compensation.
See also
List of People's Armed Police personnel killed in the line of duty Casualties of the September 11 attacks Line of duty death - Single incident with most Chinese firefighters killed since the 2015 explosions
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