The invention relates to a crawler type fire-fighting robot and an operating method therefor and belongs to the technical field of robots. The crawler type fire-fighting robot is composed of a bubble module, an electric device control box, a lighting device, a camera device, a hydraulic capstan device, a walking mechanism, an internal heat dissipating port, a self-cooling spraying system, a gas detection device and the like. The crawler type fire-fighting robot is controlled on a basis of a wireless remote control mode to control a fire scene through devices such as crawler type walking mechanism, the gas detection device, the lighting device and the camera device. The robot is suitable for remotely executing fire rescue work in flammable and combustible, toxic and harmful, radioactive severe environments and the like and has the characteristics of high-temperature resistance, impact resistance and the like, and occurrence of bodily injuries and fatal accidents of rescue personnel can be effectively reduced.