The Shanghai Central Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow warning signal for low temperature at 15:30 on December 16, 2023: Due to the influence of strong cold air, the minimum temperature in most areas of the city is expected to drop below minus 3°C from tonight to tomorrow morning.
In the face of the cold wave, the city's greening and city appearance management department attaches great importance to the timely issuance of a good environmental sanitation and safety protection work notice and a work reminder on strengthening the winter cold-proof, frost-proof and greening maintenance, requiring to strengthen the management of road cleaning and garbage removal operations, do a good job in cold-proof material reserves, carry out greening and cold-proof, green plant binding work, do a good job in ice and snow weather response, ensure the orderly and stable industry, and ensure the overall cleanliness and safety of the city.
Cold wave emergency protection
Improve the emergency plan and make material reserves
Improve the emergency plan, establish an emergency support team for freezing rain and snow, and do a good job of snow pushers, shovels, sacks, snow melting agents and other related emergency supplies reserves.
According to statistics, the city has set up a total of 355 emergency support teams, 6,132 emergency support personnel, 66 emergency support vehicles, 5,574 snow boards, 99,754 sacks and straw bales, and 342 tons of yellow sand.
Waterproof protection is made for the outdoor operation box of the road cleaning vehicle to prevent the operation switch from freezing after the rain and affecting the normal use.
In the event of freezing rain and snow and other bad weather that affects traffic travel, the emergency support team and snow removal and de-icing equipment shall be dispatched in a timely manner, and the snow melting agent shall be distributed to carry out snow removal, de-icing and water removal operations on the road surface to ensure the cleanliness of the road and the safety of citizens' personal and property.
Strengthen environmental protection and ensure traffic safety
During the period when the minimum temperature is lower than 4 °C, the city's sanitation will completely suspend road washing operations to avoid road icing caused by washing operations and ensure the safety of citizens.
For accident-prone areas such as roads, overpasses, and rail transit entrances and exits with large slopes, as well as areas with more fallen leaves, increase mechanized cleaning operations, appropriately increase the frequency of patrol cleaning, and reduce the impact of suspension of washing operations on road environmental sanitation.
Cleaning and transportation are carried out in an orderly manner to ensure the operation of the city
Focus on key points such as regional residential areas, shopping malls, vegetable farms, schools, hospitals, etc., and do a good job in garbage removal and transportation during freezing rain and snow.
Empty the road waste bins in a timely manner, and do a good job in the door-to-door collection of domestic garbage from shops along the street.
Conduct safety hazard investigation and strengthen maintenance of all clearance vehicles in advance.
Do a good job in labor protection to ensure safe production
Strengthen the safety education of sanitation operations during freezing rain and snow, carry out safety operation training during rain, snow and freezing weather, and improve employees' awareness and ability of safety precautions.
In addition to necessary protective equipment such as masks, gloves, rain boots, reflective vests, etc., we also provide warm babies, brown sugar, ginger tea and other cold materials for front-line employees to protect against the cold and keep warm.
As of December 12, 3,124 personnel were dispatched from various districts, 8,714 trees were tied, and 216 emergency rescue teams were formed.
In terms of park management, the municipal park management department issued relevant work tips, focusing on the safety inspection of amusement facilities in the park, the dredging of stagnant water in the site, and the greening of cold and frost prevention. The greening department will continue to strengthen the emergency duty of the team, strengthen the cold-proof reserves, and implement relevant cold-proof emergency measures.
In the next stage, the city's greening industry will continue to pay attention to climate change and take timely measures to provide a clean, tidy and orderly environment for the general public.
Source: Municipal Greening and City Appearance Bureau
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