On the morning of May 11, the Office of the Linying County Disaster Reduction Committee took the lead in organizing the county fire brigade, the Health Commission, the Civil Affairs Bureau and other member units of the County Disaster Reduction Committee to carry out the theme of the 2024 Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day, which also kicked off the prelude to the activities of the Publicity Week. Li Shuwang, the county leader, visited the event site and guided the publicity activities.
At the same time, the county fire and rescue brigade, the Red Cross emergency rescue team, and the youth emergency rescue team introduced the functions and use of various fire-fighting equipment to the masses, taught cardiac resuscitation, Heimlich first aid and other rescue knowledge and skills, and displayed emergency communication equipment, attracting many citizens to stop and watch and learn. It has created a good atmosphere for the whole people to participate in disaster prevention and mitigation. A total of nearly 5,000 copies of various publicity materials were distributed, more than 80 publicity display boards were displayed, and more than 40 publicity banners were hung, which effectively enhanced the county's public's awareness of disaster prevention and mitigation and self-help and mutual rescue capabilities.
The theme of this year's Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Day is "Everyone Stresses Safety, Everyone Knows How to Respond to Emergencies - Strive to Improve the Ability of Grassroots Disaster Prevention and Mitigation to Avoid Risks". In the next step, Linying County will focus on the theme of the event, carry out various disaster prevention and mitigation publicity and popularization activities in an orderly manner, vigorously popularize disaster prevention and mitigation knowledge and skills, strengthen disaster risk prevention, improve grassroots emergency response capabilities, build a solid foundation for safe development, and ensure the continuous and stable form of disaster prevention, mitigation and relief work in Linying County.
Source: Linying emergency