This year, a number of fires have broken out in many places, causing heavy casualties. Jiang Daning, head of the Municipal Fire and Rescue Detachment, believes that the lack of implementation of the main responsibility for fire safety, the lack of fire escape and self-rescue ability of the masses, and the frequent occurrence of illegal electricity and gas use are common problems exposed in these fires.
Jiang Daning, head of the Qingdao Fire and Rescue Detachment, spoke at the negotiation site.
Wang Bo, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and secretary general of the Qingdao Municipal Committee of Jiusan Society, found in the preliminary investigation that due to the lack of fire awareness of some citizens and the lack of management of some property service enterprises, the problem of occupying and blocking fire passages is high. "According to the requirements of the Fire Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, no unit or individual shall occupy, block, or close evacuation channels and safety exits. Wang Bo believes that the relevant departments should take multiple measures at the same time, on the one hand, to strengthen fire safety publicity, enhance the public's awareness of fire safety, from the source to reduce the occurrence of blocking fire passages;
Wang Bo, member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and secretary general of the Qingdao Municipal Committee of Jiusan Society, spoke at the consultation site.
Electric bicycles are easy to use and easy to park, and the number of bicycles has continued to rise in recent years, but due to illegal parking and improper charging, it has also brought a series of safety problems, threatening the safety of people's lives and property. Statistics show that in 2023, a total of 21,000 electric bicycle fires will be reported nationwide, an increase of 17.4% compared with 2022. Of these, 80% of fires occur while charging, and 90% of fire casualties occur in foyers, hallways, and stairwells.
Guo Lei, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a special technician and registered safety engineer of Qingdao Port of Shandong Port Group, spoke at the scene.
Guo Lei, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a special technician and registered safety engineer of Qingdao Port of Shandong Port Group, believes that the high incidence of illegal charging and illegal upstairs of electric bicycles is not only related to the lack of fire awareness of the public, but also related to the lack of charging and parking infrastructure. At present, Qingdao is vigorously promoting the construction of centralized charging places for electric bicycles. Up to now, more than 21,000 centralized charging sites have been built in the city, with nearly 80,000 charging potentials. Although there are many centralized charging places and charging and swapping potentials that have been built, they are still far from enough compared with the number of electric bicycles in the city. "In the process of centralized charging places and charging and swapping potential construction, a major blockage is the difficulty of collecting residents' opinions, and some citizens are worried about problems such as fires caused by centralized charging, and oppose the construction of electric bicycle charging facilities in the community. Guo Lei suggested that we can learn from the experience of other places to equip electric bicycle charging facilities with IoT temperature control sensors, overload protectors and smoke alarms and other devices to improve their safety index and dispel public concerns to the greatest extent.
"It is necessary to make efforts to control the illegal entry into the building and illegal charging of electric bicycles. Wang Bo said that with the popularity of electric bicycles, its management has become a social problem, and it is necessary to improve the grassroots governance system, and the property, streets, urban management, public security, fire protection, and housing and construction departments can work together to achieve practical results.
Zhang Xuming, vice chairman and secretary general of the Emergency Industry Working Committee of the China Emergency Management Society, delivered a speech at the scene.
Illegal use of gas and electrodes is easy to cause fire. Cao Zhengqiang, director of the CPPCC Association and general manager of Qingdao Zhengxin Technology Co., Ltd., suggested that the general public should enhance their awareness of fire safety and develop good gas and electricity habits. "Members of the public should choose qualified gas hoses, stoves and electrical equipment, and regularly inspect the safety of the equipment. When using gas, it is necessary to keep the fire on and close the valve after meals; when using electrical appliances, it is necessary to do not overload the electricity and do not charge the amplified capacity battery indoors, so as to eliminate the fire hazard. Cao Zhengqiang reminded.
Cao Zhengqiang, director of the CPPCC Association and general manager of Qingdao Zhengxin Technology Co., Ltd., was interviewed by reporters.
Zhang Xuming, vice chairman and secretary general of the Emergency Industry Working Committee of the China Emergency Management Society, said that everyone is the first person responsible for their own safety, and mastering firefighting skills is the most effective means to reduce fire casualties. Since 2016, Qingdao has included emergency safety experience training for students in the city's practical affairs, and arranges more than 100,000 students to participate in emergency safety experience training every year to master emergency escape skills. She suggested that Qingdao further broaden the coverage of experiential training, on the basis of the existing training of primary and secondary school students, increase family training and parent-child training, through a student, drive a family, with Qingdao's 1 million primary and secondary school students as a link, drive all citizens to improve fire skills. Relevant departments can also mobilize all kinds of volunteers to go into the community to carry out publicity and training on fire protection knowledge and fire fighting skills, so as to improve the self-rescue and mutual rescue ability of citizens.
At the negotiation site, Zhen Ren, captain of the Qingdao Red Cross Search and Rescue Team, explained the fire escape skills of high-rise buildings and demonstrated the production method of simple escape ropes. "When a building catches fire, the corridor creates a chimney effect, and the fire and hot smoke quickly spread upwards along the corridor. At this time, the public should not open the door at will, but should report the details of the fire to the fire rescue department in time, and use the doors and windows to isolate the smoke to prolong the time of waiting for help. When conditions permit, citizens can escape by sliding down the wall through descenders, escape ropes, and bed sheets. Zhen Renxiang introduced.
At the negotiation site, Zhen Ren explained the production method of simple escape rope.
"For the rescue rope to be most effective, it also needs to be paired with a tripod fixed to the wall. At present, some high-rise residential projects in other places have uniformly installed tripods next to the curtain boxes of houses on the north and south sides. Qingdao real estate enterprises can learn from this practice. Zhang Xuming said.
"The suggestions of the committee members and experts are very pertinent, and creating a good fire safety environment requires multi-party participation and collaborative governance. Jiang Daning said that in the next step, the municipal fire and rescue department will continue to promote the construction of a new pattern of fire governance with multiple co-governance, gather a strong force to maintain fire safety, continuously improve the quality and efficiency of grassroots fire governance, and accelerate the modernization of fire safety governance system and governance capabilities. (Qingdao Daily/Guanhai News Reporter Cui Wu, Luzi Jin Tao, Photographer Yang Zhiwen)