Strengthening propaganda and guidance on knowledge and skills on fire prevention and fighting

Attending and directing the conference was Major General Nguyen Van Long - Deputy Minister of Public Security.

At Nghe An bridge, Major General Pham The Tung - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Director of the Provincial Police Department chaired. Photo: D.C

There were 850 house fires nationwide.

According to statistics from April 15, 2021 to April 15, 2022, there were 1,908 fires nationwide, killing 80 people, injuring 113 people, and causing estimated property damage of about VND 826,539 billion. Of which, 850 cases occurred.family home fireand houses for residence combined with production and business (accounting for 44.5%), killing 70 people (accounting for 87.5%), injuring 52 people (accounting for 46%), and causing property damage of 73.83 billion VND (accounting for 8.9%).

Specifically, there were 659/850 fires at family homes (31 fires caused serious human damage), killing 45 people, injuring 40 people, and property damage estimated at about 35.86 billion VND; there were 191/850 fires at houses used for residence combined with production and business (8 fires caused serious human damage), killing 25 people, injuring 12 people, and property damage estimated at about 37.97 billion VND.

Compared to 1 year before the peak implementation (April 15, 2020 to April 15, 2021), the number of fires of this type decreased by 277 cases (850/1,127 cases, down 24.6%), the number of deaths increased by 6 people (70/64 people, up 9.3%), the number of injured people decreased by 28 people (52/80 people, down 35%), property damage increased by 18.58 billion VND (73.83/55.25 billion VND, up 33.1%).

Director of Nghe An Provincial Police Department was present to direct the scene of the fire at Fill tea room. Photo: Document

According to the assessment, the Police of units and localities have proactively advised the People's Committees at all levels to issue many documents directing the implementation of the peak period and regulating safety conditions.Fire Prevention and FightingFor individual houses, houses for residence combined with production and business; promote propaganda, inspection, and guidance for household and business owners to implement and maintain fire safety conditions.

After a period of continued peak implementation (from November 15, 2021 to April 15, 2022), localities have been determined in advising and directing effective implementation, basically completing the targets assigned by the Ministry's leaders. Party committees and local authorities have paid attention to and directed the effective implementation of fire prevention and fighting and search and rescue work in the locality. Commune-level People's Committees have gradually grasped the responsibilities and organized the implementation of state management of fire prevention and fighting and search and rescue. Awareness, consciousness and responsibility for fire prevention and fighting of heads of establishments, heads of households, heads of production and business households, people and workers have had positive changes. Many localities have controlled the number of fires occurring in households and houses for residence combined with production and business.

Strengthening propaganda and guidance on knowledge and skills on fire prevention and fighting

At the conference, local police had many presentations, focusing on pointing out: A number of heads of establishments, household owners, business owners, and people have not strictly fulfilled their fire prevention and fighting responsibilities: Not overcoming existing problems and violations that have been inspected, recommended by management agencies or taking formal measures to deal with them; not paying attention to investing in fire prevention and fighting and search and rescue equipment and means, or having equipment but not checking and maintaining it periodically, leading to damage...; not proactively participating in fire prevention and fighting activities in residential areas (participating in propaganda sessions, civil defense forces, models, fire prevention and fighting movements); fires and explosions have also occurred in households and houses combined with businesses, causing serious damage to people and property, causing public concern and worry in society...

Training and fostering fire prevention and rescue skills for people. Photo: PCCC

Concluding the conference, Major General Nguyen Van Long - Deputy Minister of Public Security emphasized the key contents that localities need to focus on implementing in the coming time. That is, continue to advise on perfecting fire prevention and fighting regulations for residential areas, households, houses for housing combined with production and business in legal documents; develop fire prevention and fighting standards for individual houses. Deploy and supervise the implementation of regulations of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee on fire prevention and fighting safety conditions for residential areas, households, houses for housing combined with production and business.

Seriously carry out the work of grasping the situation, conducting basic investigations, ensuring that 100% of facilities under fire prevention and fighting management have management records established according to regulations; identify and make a list of key areas, areas, and facilities that are likely to cause particularly serious consequences when fires and explosions occur in residential areas to strengthen fire prevention and fighting management measures and search and rescue.

Continue to strengthen propaganda and provide extensive and direct guidance on knowledge and skills on fire prevention and fighting and search and rescue to people through various forms and contents that are easy to understand and suitable for each target group; Review, make a list, build and replicate the model of inter-family fire safety teams.,Effective operating models in residential areas according to the method of each district level selecting 1 commune level, at the commune level selecting 1 residential area, inter-family group, self-management as a model in building fire prevention and fighting models, movement of self-equipping fire prevention and fighting means and equipment and search and rescue.

In particular, instruct and mobilize 100% of households and houses for residential purposes combined with production and business activities that are required to have 2 escape exits to ensure and maintain 2 escape exits (via balcony, loggia, roof access, rope ladder, sliding tube...); equip with portable fire extinguishers, rudimentary demolition tools; have a plan to handle fire and explosion situations, and safe escape...

At the same time, conduct fire safety inspections for 100% of households, houses for residence combined with production and business, and establishments under decentralized management in residential areas. Urge, guide, and inspect household owners, business owners, and heads of establishments to correct existing problems and violations of fire prevention and fighting and search and rescue that have been inspected and recommended by competent authorities...

On this occasion, the Ministry of Public Security awarded Certificates of Merit to 11 collectives and 3 individuals with outstanding achievements.