It is said that "safety is no small matter", no matter where we go, we can always see the slogan of "safety first". In natural and man-made disasters, we may have very little to do in the face of "natural disasters", but "man-made disasters" can be avoided from the little things in our daily lives.
The Japanese nation has always been known for its rigor and steadfastness. They are even more meticulous about security. For them, the reverence for life outweighs all benefits. They live and work with this reverence and steadfastness, and have created many miracles that have impressed the world.
So today, we will start with the fire brigade in Japan and see what is worth learning from us.
First of all, Japan's fire protection system is relatively mature.
Japan's current fire protection system has been in operation for nearly 70 years, during which time there have been minor adjustments such as affiliations and institutional settings, but they have remained relatively stable overall. Judging from the practical results of the operation of the mechanism, the Japanese fire protection system basically adapts to the practical needs of modern economic and social development and fire prevention and control, and generally presents a basic situation of stable team, strong guarantee, and sustained and stable fire situation in society.
In Japan, firefighters have a relatively complete recruitment, management, promotion, training, duty and salary guarantee system, relatively stable personnel, a high level of combat on duty, and a huge team of about 850,000 people is an important force in dealing with large-scale disasters and accidents.
In addition, in Japan, ambulance and fire protection are one unit, and they are under the jurisdiction of the local fire departments. Not only is the ambulance painted with the fire department logo, but even the emergency number is 119 like the fire alarm. This linkage also makes the rescue in the event of a disaster more efficient and convenient.
(New Year's Exercise)
Secondly, as a country with frequent natural disasters, the Japanese government's investment in fire infrastructure construction is considerable.
Specifically, the construction of team stations and staffing are relatively abundant, the level of equipment construction is relatively high, and the investment in financial support is relatively large.
Source: Tokyo Fire Department (tokyo.lg.jp)
Most importantly, the Japanese people have a high awareness of fire protection, and fire prevention publicity and education are carried out well.
Due to the frequent occurrence of natural disasters and fire accidents in Japan, the atmosphere of the whole society attaching importance to fire control work is strong, the public's fire awareness is continuously strengthened in the process of frequent disaster resistance, and the consciousness of abiding by fire laws and regulations and the enthusiasm and initiative to participate in fire education and training are high.
The outstanding features of Japan's fire prevention publicity and education are to pay attention to popularization, practicality and pertinence, pay attention to the analysis of the main causes of fires, places, time periods, disaster victims and other characteristics in the form, and strive to enhance the public's fire safety awareness and strengthen the popularization of fire safety common sense and self-defense and self-help skills by holding fire concerts, arranging puppet plays, organizing visiting experiences, printing and distributing a large number of publicity materials, and making souvenirs with different characteristics.
(Japanese fire dog "Coco")
Japan's fire protection publicity and education has the following five characteristics:
(1) Highlight the indicative publicity of fire protection
In recent years, fires caused by arson have accounted for about 20% of the total number of fires in Japan, followed by smoking and electricity. In view of the main causes of disasters, the fire department has carried out publicity in different periods, around different fire prevention priorities, and in different forms, prompting the public to take targeted preventive measures.
(2) Highlight the publicity of fire prevention in residential buildings
In 2016, there were 11,354 residential fires nationwide, resulting in 987 deaths, accounting for 31% and 68% of the total, respectively, the fire department attached special importance to household fire prevention publicity, and also took a variety of measures to promote some residential fire prevention and disaster prevention equipment, such as safety heating stoves, electronic stoves, household fire alarms, fireproof textiles, household fire extinguishers, portable emergency alarm systems, etc.
(3) Widely carry out fire prevention publicity for high-risk groups
More than 65% of the annual fire deaths in Japan are elderly people over the age of 65 and children under the age of 15. In 2001, the Fire Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications established the "Basic Policy on Residential Fire Prevention", focusing on the elderly and promoting the establishment of a community mutual assistance mechanism. Japanese fire brigade members visit the elderly widows and widows in their jurisdiction every two years. For children and adolescents, Japan has included disaster prevention education in the curriculum of students, and disaster prevention and evacuation training is conducted at least twice a year in kindergartens, elementary schools and other places, and at least once a year in secondary schools.
(One-day firefighter experience)
(4) Fire protection publicity pays attention to practicality
All kinds of media in Japan are profit-making units operating in a corporatized operation and have no obligation to broadcast fire service advertisements. The publicity carried out by the fire department mainly takes the form of inviting film, television and sports stars to participate in various firefighting activities, and then reports through the media. All kinds of promotional materials in Japan, especially promotional posters, are simple and intuitive, and each poster introduces some key fire prevention knowledge points through animation, film and television sports stars, etc.
(Actor Ryuta Sato)
(5) The disaster prevention education base is perfect
Each prefecture in Japan has one or more disaster prevention halls, and there are well-established publicity and education facilities in the museum. Tokyo has three disaster prevention education centers: Honjo, Ikebukuro, and Tachikawa. Among them, the disaster prevention hall of the institute has a construction area of 12,000 square meters, 2 floors underground and 6 floors above ground, and 6 simulation experience areas such as evacuation and escape, fire extinguishing, earthquake disaster, flood disaster, smoke and darkness. The museum has a total of 29 employees and 22 docents, except for the curator, who is a full-time official, the rest of the staff are retired employees of the Tokyo Fire Department, and all employees are paid by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The annual budget of the museum is about 130 million yen, of which 60 million yen is used for operation and 70 million yen for facility renewal. The Disaster Prevention Hall receives about 110,000 visitors a year. In order to encourage the active participation of the public, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government stipulates that citizens who have completed all three disaster prevention halls can also receive exquisite souvenirs.
After reading these, do you think that Japan's fire protection is quite perfect
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