A fire hydrant box is a special fire-fighting equipment, if the fire hydrant in the fire floor is faulty or damaged, resulting in no water. Firefighters need to take the hose from the fire truck and manually lay the hose along the staircase layer by layer until the fire floor, which takes enough time to cause a small fire to cause a catastrophe and the consequences are unimaginable.
In March and April this year, the reporter visited some communities in Haikou and found that many fire hydrant boxes had problems such as not filling in the inspection record card on time, missing water gun hoses, being locked, and stacking sundries. (Reporter Lin Honghui text/photo)
The reporter found on some floors of Building A in a community on Haitong Road that the inspection record cards posted on multiple fire hydrant boxes were only in 2023, and the inspection record cards in 2024 were not posted, and the inspection record cards in 2023 were not filled in in some months. "Failure to fill out the inspection record card on time makes one wonder whether the staff is carefully checking to ensure the integrity of the firefighting equipment." Mr. Chen, a citizen of Haikou, said.
In a community on Haidian Erdong Road, the inspection record card on the individual fire hydrant box on some floors was "premature". When the reporter visited on April 30, it was found that the inspection date on the inspection record card had been filled in to May 1.
▲When the reporter visited on April 30, he found that the inspection date on the inspection record card had been filled in to May 1.
In Building D, a community on Yanzao Road, the reporter found that the fire hydrant boxes on multiple floors were locked, and the glass needed to be smashed in case of an emergency to use the internal equipment. Worryingly, debris is piled up next to the fire hydrant boxes on some floors, such as bicycles, umbrellas, shoe racks, cardboard boxes, etc. "These sundries occupy and block the fire hydrant box, which will not only hinder the normal use of the fire hydrant in an emergency, but also aggravate the spread of the fire in the carton, which is a big safety hazard." Mr. Pang, a resident, said worriedly.
The hydrant box is locked.
During the visit, the reporter found that the fire hydrants in some fire hydrant boxes in a community on Yixin Yiheng Road had different degrees of aging and rust. In addition, the water cannons and hoses in several hydrant boxes have "disappeared". Mr. Zeng, a citizen, said that fire water guns and fire hoses are indispensable components of fire hydrants, if the components are not complete, once a fire occurs, fire hydrants cannot be used to extinguish the fire, which will cause great harm to the safety of people's lives and property.
Last month, the reporter visited the above-mentioned community again, and the fire hydrant box inspection record card on some floors of Building A of a community on Haitong Road has been filled in until March this year, but there is a lack of hose in individual fire hydrant boxes. In a community on Haidian Erdong Road, a community on Yixin Yiheng Road and a community on Yanzao Road, the problems found by the reporter during his previous visit still exist.
The water gun hose is missing.
Lawyer's statement
Liu Peng, a lawyer at Hainan Daxing Tiantai Law Firm, said that according to the provisions of the Fire Protection Law, the property as the management and maintenance party of the fire protection facilities and equipment in the community, should reasonably maintain the fire fighting equipment. At the same time, if the fire-fighting equipment and other facilities and equipment are damaged due to personal behavior, they shall also be subject to corresponding administrative punishments, and those who constitute a crime shall also be investigated for criminal responsibility.
"When a fire breaks out, the fire-fighting equipment and other equipment in the community cannot be used due to failure, and the personal injury or property loss is ultimately caused by the untimely rescue, the specific tortfeasor shall bear the civil liability for damages, that is, the subject that caused the fire has a specific tortious act, and there is a causal relationship between its behavior and the consequences of the damage, then it shall bear the liability for compensation." Liu Peng said that for the subject that bears the management obligation of fire-fighting equipment and equipment in the community, because it has no specific infringement, it may not be directly related to the occurrence of fires and other accidents, but it does have improper management of fire-fighting equipment and equipment, and there may be an indirect relationship between its improper management and the consequences of damage, based on which it may be compensated accordingly for the damage results.