Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 3, Title: Build a solid "firewall" for fire safety during holidays, and all localities will do their best to prevent risks and eliminate hidden dangers

Xinhua News Agency reporters Zhou Yuan and Xie Jiao

During the May Day holiday, a "fire blue" figure intertwined in the bustling crowds of Taishan Scenic Area: on duty at key points, inspecting shop electrical lines, and patrols in mountainous areas all-weather...

"During the holiday, all our staff took up their posts and stayed on the front line, carrying out uninterrupted pre-duty, research and drills, patrols and inspections, and doing their best to guard a mountain and protect the safety of the area." Zhang Jinxing, a firefighter at Taishan Fire Rescue Station, said.

Fire safety, responsibility is more important than Mount Tai. During the May Day holiday, fire rescue departments in various places learned the lessons of recent accidents, learned from them effectively, insisted on looking down, checking risks and hidden dangers, resolutely prevented and curbed major and serious fire accidents, and created a good fire safety environment for the people to celebrate the festival.

"The oil fume pipeline is a relatively closed space. After a fire catches, the fire will easily spread rapidly using the 'chimney effect'. Your oil fume pipeline must be cleaned in time." In the kitchen of a restaurant in Jiang'an District, Wuhan, Hu Gengsong, the captain of the Wuhan Fire Rescue Detachment, was inspecting the regular cleaning of oil fumes in key places, safety evacuation of fire and electricity management, etc.

Recently, the Wuhan Fire Rescue Detachment, in conjunction with the public security, urban management and other departments, focused on carrying out concentrated night patrols for fire safety in places with dense crowds such as catering, hotels, and public entertainment. "In response to the hidden dangers found during the inspection, we require merchants to rectify immediately and carry out fire safety reminders to escort the people a safe, happy and peaceful holiday with fire safety." Hu Gengsong said.

Focus on key places, key periods and key areas, and the fire rescue department continues to carry out hidden danger investigation and rectification.

In Beijing, the Longtan Lake Fire Rescue Station in Dongcheng District has strengthened fire prevention patrol efforts to check fire safety hazards in view of the wooden structure of the ancient buildings of the Temple of Heaven Park; in Shanghai, Huangpu Fire Protection adopted a "fixed point + flow" duty mode in key areas to actively respond to sudden police incidents under large passenger flow; in Jilin, Yanbian Forest Fire Protection set up fire prevention outposts at the entrances of 9 key forest scenic spots, and used the drone cruise system to carry out air patrols on ridges and gully areas...

To protect fire safety, it is necessary to build a solid line of defense for the people.

"Next question, everyone is ready to answer! What are the main human factors that cause forest and grassland fire?" In Renhe Square, Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province, Zhang Xiaoyang, instructor of the second squadron of the Panzhihua Forest Fire Brigade, is studying forest and grassland fire prevention and control knowledge and broadcast it online. There are fun Q&A sessions for fire prevention knowledge, and there are constant online and offline quiz.

The current period is the critical period for forest and grassland fire prevention and control. In addition, the number of tourists entering the mountains and forests during the holidays has increased significantly, and the difficulty of forest and grassland fire prevention has increased significantly. The Sichuan Provincial Forest Fire Brigade takes fire science popularization as an important starting point, organizes fire rescue personnel to enter villages, squares, scenic spots, stations, key forest areas, etc. to preach common sense of forest and grassland fire prevention and control, organize warning education, and escort the safety of travel during the holidays.

The Gansu fire department mobilized grid workers, fire volunteers and other forces in the jurisdiction to carry out publicity activities in depth. Based on recent typical fire cases, it explained the common causes of family fires to the public and taught the correct use of fire extinguishers; Sichuan Nanchong Fire Department carried out special practical drills for fire safety in nursing homes to improve the self-rescue capabilities of special groups; Yantai Fire Rescue Detachment entered the Internet celebrity campground to remind the precautions for the use of card-type furnaces and other equipment...

The reporter learned from the National Fire Rescue Bureau that since the May Day holiday, the national fire situation has been generally stable and the team is safe and stable.