Nghe An will conduct a general fire safety inspection.

Accordingly, beforeHigh fire risk of family housing combined with businessTherefore, along with the requirement for all levels, sectors and localities to strictly implement policies, laws and regulations on fire prevention and fighting, the Provincial People's Committee emphasized two key contents on state management in the field of fire prevention and fighting: urgently promulgate regulations on ensuring fire safety for individual family houses and houses combined with production and business; at the same time, establish an interdisciplinary team to conduct a general inspection of fire safety at production and business establishments, hospitals and residential areas with high risk of fire and explosion in the area.

Fire prevention and rescue drill at a luxury apartment building in Vinh City in 2020. Photo: Nguyen Hai

The plan also requires relevant departments, agencies and localities to promote the movement of the entire population participating in fire prevention and fighting and rescue; proactively grasp the situation forecast, promptly detect, overcome and handle limitations and shortcomings in state management of fire prevention and fighting and rescue; the implementation of the plan must be synchronous and drastic to minimize damage caused by fire and explosion.

Specifically, the key task is to continue to direct and effectively implement the guidelines of the Government and the Ministry of Public Security, the Provincial Party Committee, and the Provincial People's Committee on fire prevention and fighting, rescue work according to the 2001 Fire Prevention Law and its 2013 amendments; continue to improve and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of implementing fire prevention and fighting laws and policies in the area; research and innovate the forms, contents, and methods of propaganda, dissemination, and education of legal knowledge on fire prevention and fighting, rescue, and relief to ensure practicality and widespread influence, and depth so that cadres, civil servants, and people of all walks of life can understand; build and replicate models and promptly commend typical good people and good deeds in the field of fire prevention and fighting, rescue, and relief.

Scene of a fire at a business booth on Le Hoan Street, Hung Phuc Ward, Vinh City in mid-April 2021. Photo: CTV's Document

In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of state management of fire prevention and fighting, proactively grasp the situation, review, investigate and have an assessment of the current status of fire prevention and fighting in the area, especially for key facilities and forests with high risks of fire and explosion, roads, water sources, and fire hydrants to synchronously deploy measures to ensure fire prevention and fighting safety; direct the establishment of an interdisciplinary team to conduct a general inspection.fire safetyin the area, focusing on industrial parks, forests, production facilities in residential areas, warehouses with fire and explosion hazards, high-rise buildings...

Firefighters participate in extinguishing the fire at Fill Tea Room on Dinh Cong Trang Street, Le Mao Ward in mid-June 2021. Photo: Document

Require effective implementation of fire prevention and fighting management in construction investment, organize implementation, strictly comply with regulations on design approval, fire prevention and fighting acceptance for works and projects with fire and explosion risks. Issue and implement regulations on ensuring fire prevention and fighting safety for individual family houses and houses combined with production and business in the area; review construction facilities and means of transport with specific characteristics of the locality to develop local technical standards and regulations on ensuring fire prevention and fighting safety for specific types and objects; regularly review, develop and practice fire prevention and fighting plans suitable for reality; pay attention to encouraging research, study and innovation activities on fire prevention and fighting...

Firefighters extinguish the fire at Avatar Hotel on Nguyen Sy Sach Street. Photo: Contributor

According to this Plan, the Provincial People's Committee assigned the Provincial Police to be the leading unit to coordinate with relevant units to advise the Provincial People's Committee to issue Regulations on ensuring fire safety for individual family houses and houses for housing combined with production and business in the area; advise to direct the implementation of effective solutions in fire prevention and fighting in the hot season of 2022, especially implementing solutions to prevent and fight forest fires; collect and research to innovate the form and content of fire prevention and fighting propaganda suitable for each subject; advise all levels to establish interdisciplinary teams to launch peak periods of general inspections.high risk fire facilitieson site

The Provincial Military Command and the Provincial Border Guard Command, according to their assigned functions and tasks, are responsible for coordinating the implementation of plans to ensure fire prevention and rescue according to scenarios and situations arising as prescribed in Decree No. 83/2017/ND-CP on mobilizing forces in case of emergency.forest fire.

The Departments of Industry and Trade, Construction, Science and Technology, and the Management Board of the Southeast Economic Zone, according to their assigned functions and tasks, are responsible for researching and developing regulations on the construction of houses and works to ensure fire prevention requirements; the Department of Industry and Trade shall strengthen inspection of conditions to ensure business establishments trading in materials and chemicals with high risk of fire and explosion; coordinate with the Police and the Electricity sector to propagate to people the safe use of electricity and substances and goods with high risk of fire and explosion within the scope of management and during peak times of hot weather or when electricity demand increases.

(Excerpt from Plan No. 73/KH dated January 28, 2022 of the Provincial People's Committee).

One of the concerns and worries of the authorities is that the water source for firefighting at the hydrants is very weak and lacking. In the photo is a fire hydrant outside the fence of Bac Vinh Industrial Park that is severely damaged and has no water. Photo: Nguyen Hai

For the People's Committees of districts, cities and towns, the Plan requires the Chairmen of the People's Committees at all levels and heads of agencies and units to enhance their responsibilities, regularly urge, monitor, inspect and guide the implementation of Resolution No. 13/2020 of the Provincial People's Council on regular support for the positions of Civil Defense Team Leader and Deputy Team Leader and equipping fire prevention and fighting equipment for this force in the period of 2021-2025; continue to consolidate and build new ones, maintain the activities of the civil defense force to ensure allowances, means and fire fighting equipment according to regulations; ensure that 100% of residential areas in the area must organize their own fire fighting, rescue and salvage drills using on-site forces./.