A few days ago, the indiscriminate parking, illegal charging and fire safety of electric bicycles in residential communities have once again attracted widespread attention from the society. In order to effectively do a good job in the safety rectification of electric bicycles in the jurisdiction, effectively curb the occurrence of electric bicycle safety accidents, and ensure the safety of people's lives and property, in the past few days, Caoyang Xincun Street has continued to carry out special rectification actions for electric bicycle fire safety in the jurisdiction, extensively carried out fire safety publicity, and comprehensively investigated and rectified electric bicycle fire hazards.
The staff carried out a special rectification action for electric bicycles in the community
The Street Safety Office took the lead in organizing the Caoyang Xincun Police Station, the Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Team and other units to come to an old community in the jurisdiction to carry out special rectification of electric bicycle fire safety. The focus was on whether the electric bicycles in the community were charged illegally, entered the building, occupied and blocked the fire passage, etc. "The current outstanding problem in the community is the lack of facilities such as e-bike parking sheds and charging piles, which has led many residents to park their electric vehicles in the corridors or even charge them in unconventional ways, which greatly increases the risk of fire. Cheng Xiaorong, director of the Caoyang Xincun Street Safety Office, said, "Tonight's rectification is to clean up the illegal parking of electric vehicles in the door building, the second is to persuade the phenomenon of 'battery entry' and 'flying wire charging', and the third is to visit the field to check the installation and use of charging piles to ensure that all facilities meet safety standards." During the rectification action, the inspectors also listened to the opinions and suggestions of the staff of the neighborhood committee, property and resident representatives, and discussed and studied a series of solutions such as improving the construction of parking sheds in the community and optimizing the layout of charging piles, aiming to reduce fire safety hazards from the source, improve residents' safety awareness, and improve the living environment of the community.
Residents of the community use charging piles
In this community, the long-term problem of electric bicycle charging faced by residents has become a community problem that needs to be solved urgently. Due to the age of the community, the outdated infrastructure, especially the use of public space, and the fact that more than 75% of the residents in the community are mainly elderly and tenants, this demographic structure makes the use of e-bikes extremely common. "Elderly people mainly rely on e-bikes for daily shopping, medical treatment, etc., while renters are mostly office workers who use e-bikes as the main means of transportation for daily commuting. Cui Yun, director of community security, said. The huge user group makes the number of electric bicycles in the community as high as nearly 1,600, and the current two non-motorized carports in the community are far from meeting the needs of residents. This has led to some residents with relatively weak safety awareness to take illegal behaviors such as flying wire charging and battery entry, which has laid hidden dangers for the fire safety of the community.
In order to alleviate the contradiction of parking and charging, not long ago, the community launched a plan to increase charging piles with the assistance of relevant functional departments such as the street safety office. Due to the narrow space of the community, in the preliminary preparatory work, the staff entered the community many times to conduct on-site investigations, and listened to the opinions and suggestions of residents, neighborhood committees and property management companies. Through in-depth research and many demonstrations, it was finally decided to install the first batch of 40 charging piles on a public fence on the east side of the community, and adopt a centralized side-by-side installation method to maximize the use of limited space. "Due to the old room type and limited space in the community, it is not possible to set up a separate charging facility in front of the building. Therefore, the more common and space-saving centralized side-by-side installation method was chosen. Cui Yun said. The charging pile adopts a modern scan code payment system, residents only need to scan the QR code to download the corresponding APP and pay for recharge, they can easily charge, and the cost of charging for five hours is only 1 yuan. There are also instructions for use posted on the wall on the side, which is convenient for residents to operate conveniently according to the time and place.
With the installation of charging piles, residents have new expectations for the convenience of charging e-bikes. More importantly, this "change" has also brought attention and scrutiny to the fire safety of electric bicycles. "At the heart of safety is people, and we are not only providing new facilities, but also taking this opportunity to raise the safety awareness of our residents. Li Song, secretary of the general party branch of the community, said, "We plan to take advantage of the opportunity of charging pile installation to simultaneously carry out a series of publicity and education activities on the theme of fire safety of electric bicycles." Including organizing volunteers and safety experts to pass on fire safety knowledge to every resident through home visits, community lectures and other forms. At the same time, the community will also follow the list of safety inspection problems to "look back" at the charging habits of residents, especially for some common non-standard behaviors such as flying wire charging, battery charging indoors, etc., the implementation of the "full coverage, zero tolerance" policy, to ensure that the rectification measures do not leave dead ends, closed-loop management, and achieve practical results.
In addition, the use of modern means of information dissemination, such as WeChat public account, multimedia large screen and building group WeChat group, etc., to push relevant "notice" and safety warning education pictures and videos. These contents not only include the popularization of safety knowledge, but also combine actual cases to educate residents about the dangers of illegal charging, and through some specific and close to life measures, let residents realize the importance of electric bicycle safety, eliminate the luck psychology of unsafe behaviors such as corridor charging and building flying wires, and jointly create a good atmosphere of "safe community you and I build together".
The office area of the neighborhood committee will be opened to residents
Cui Yun also revealed that in order to actively respond to residents' demands for night parking and charging difficulties, the neighborhood committee is planning to "open" the night gate to residents, and from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. the next morning, the 30-square-meter office area at the entrance of the neighborhood committee will be used as a temporary parking and charging area for electric bicycles. This measure not only optimizes the efficiency of space use, but also greatly alleviates the trouble of residents who cannot find charging piles at night. At present, the installation and maintenance of the relevant charging facilities are already being communicated and coordinated, and all facilities are expected to be installed by the end of this month at the earliest, and residents will be able to enjoy this new convenient service from next month.
Source: Shanghai Putuo