The picture shows the special inspection carried out by the Fire Rescue Detachment of Ningde City. Ningde City Fire Rescue Detachment Courtesy photo
Ningde, China, October 6 (Lv Qiaoqin, Wu Yunjie) In the dark and closed secret room, players look for clues, break the mechanism and escape... In recent years, "escape room" games have quickly become a popular place for young people's offline entertainment due to factors such as excitement, strong sense of substitution, and strong sociality. However, there are certain safety hazards in "escape room" places, and once a fire occurs, it is easy to cause people to be trapped.
In view of the problem of large fire risk in "escape room" places, the Fire Rescue Bureau recently issued the "Fire Risk Guidelines for Escape Rooms (Trial)" and "Fire Risk Inspection Guidelines for Escape Rooms (Trial)", requiring practitioners to conduct self-examination and self-correction in accordance with the "Risk Guidelines" and "Inspection Guidelines", and relevant departments and units should strictly investigate and strictly manage to ensure safety.
Escape Room: Mostly selling points of horror and suspense
In the past few days, this reporter has visited two "escape room" shops in Ningde City, Fujian Province. The reporter searched for a number of "escape room" stores in Ningde on the App and learned that according to the fineness of the script and the size of the space, the price of one person at a time ranged from 69 yuan to 258 yuan, mostly with horror backgrounds and suspense stories as selling points.
In an "escape room" shop located on South Jiaocheng Road, the reporter noticed that in the space on the two floors, the first floor where the "escape room" is located has fire extinguishing equipment; the upstairs board game and waiting area do not have fire extinguishing equipment.
After entering the "secret room" under the guidance of the staff, the reporter found that there were several password lock doors, and the staff said that the password lock door had nothing to do with the customs clearance of the secret room. Before entering the "secret room", the reporter had repeatedly asked whether there was an escape channel in the "secret room" if an accident occurred, but the staff member did not reply.
The picture shows an "escape room" shop in Ningde City. Photo by Lin Rongsheng
Therefore, the choice of this time is the ancient style of the secret room script, the reporter found that there are futons, flags, wooden beds and other flammable items in the room; in the dim secret room, there are several pieces of large pieces of glass that are difficult to detect and broken corners, and there are broken wires hanging down on the ceiling; in the confined space, no fire extinguishing apparatus such as fire extinguishers has been found.
In an "escape room" shop in the Pioneer Building in Ningde City, posters of the terrifying and terrifying chamber are posted on both sides of the stairs of the building. Because it is a National Day holiday, many young people come to play; the board game area on the second floor is almost full, some popular scripts need to be booked in advance; next to the bathroom, there are fire extinguishers.
Kobayashi (pseudonym), who used to work at the "escape room" shop, told reporters that the flow of people on weekdays is not large, maybe just one or two, and weekends and holidays are often full.
In the visit to the above two stores, before the game began, the clerk did not explain to the reporter the evacuation route, the location of the evacuation door and the relevant escape knowledge in the event of a fire or other accident.
Citizen experience: The space is closed and narrow and difficult to breathe
Not long ago, Ms. Li, a citizen, experienced an "escape room" out of curiosity. "The light inside is dim, the space is too small, there is a feeling of lack of oxygen for a long time, and when you come out, you are dizzy." Ms. Li said that in addition to the place is not breathable, there are also some combustible decorations on the scene, and the problem of safety hazards has been raised on the day of the experience.
Coincidentally, Ms. Lin, a citizen, has also experienced sweltering heat and poor breathing. She said that the space was small and not very ventilated, so it was very stuffy; although there was no sweltering heat in another larger "escape room" shop, because the "room" operation mechanism was automatically triggered, her friend had been hit by a trap prop that fell from the sky, fortunately, the rag doll did not cause substantial damage.
The thrilling "escape room" is not only sought after by adults, but also loved by many minors. According to the details of the scripts of several "escape room" stores on the app, the age limit is 12 years old or older.
The staff of the "escape room" shop located on South Road said that at least junior high school and above can play, and primary school students cannot enter the "secret room" to play if accompanied by adults; the staff of the store in the Pioneer Building said that it is recommended that minors play with adults or multiple people together, and cancel real NPCs (non-player characters), the game will give players walkie-talkies and real-time monitoring, and there will be no danger under normal circumstances.
The reporter learned that there were several primary school students playing together before. Ms. Li said that if an accident occurs in the secret room, whether minors have sufficient emergency response capabilities to save themselves and other issues deserve the attention of all sectors of society.
The picture shows the board game area on the second floor of a "room escape" shop in Ningde City. Photo by Lin Rongsheng
Firefighting: Inspections are carried out from time to time
After the Fire Rescue Bureau issued the "Risk Guide" and "Inspection Guidelines", the inspectors of the Ningde Fire Rescue Detachment went deep into a number of "escape room" places in the jurisdiction to carry out special fire safety inspections on the 3rd, and found that some shops had fire safety problems such as fire extinguishers not placed in obvious areas and the evacuation door opening direction was incorrect.
During the inspection, the inspectors also found that some of the prop materials in the place were flammable materials, which had great safety hazards. "This kind of gas will produce a lot of poisonous gas once burned, so it must be treated with flame retardant treatment." Inspectors said that when the fire broke out, 90 percent of the casualties were due to deaths from inhalation of poisonous gas.
Inspectors said that in response to the fire safety hazards found, law enforcement personnel issued rectification opinions to the operators at the scene, and ordered them to rectify within a time limit, and then they will also inspect the place from time to time. (End)
Source: China News Network