Vinh Ninh Ward organizes fire fighting and rescue drills

Vinh Ninh is a central ward with a large area and a large population, including 2 traditional markets, many hotels, restaurants and production and business establishments, so there are many potential risks of fire, explosion, and electrical short circuits. To ensure the safety of people's lives and property, along with propaganda and inspection to recommend establishments to equip fire prevention and fighting means and equipment, Vinh Ninh Ward People's Committee regularly organizes fire prevention and fighting and rescue drills for the Inter-family Fire Prevention and Fighting Safety Team to enhance fire prevention and fighting and rescue capabilities; the ability to be ready to respond and handle fire, explosion, accident, and incident situations for members of the Inter-family team, grassroots fire prevention and fighting forces, civil defense forces, and people...

Chairman of Vinh Ninh Ward People's Committee, Mr. Nguyen Duc Tuong Thoai said that through the fire fighting and rescue plan drills, it contributed to creating a vibrant competitive atmosphere in the mass fire fighting movement associated with the mass movement to protect national security, at the same time well implementing the 4 on-site motto, improving the capacity of management, command of fire fighting and rescue when many forces and vehicles participate in handling large fires with complicated developments, causing serious damage to people and property, contributing to ensuring security and order in the area.

Along with the above solutions, the ward has launched and expanded the model "Each family equips itself with a fire extinguisher" to promote the sense of responsibility, proactiveness and readiness to fight fires when fires and explosions occur, minimizing losses when fires and explosions occur. Up to now, the rate of people equipped with fire extinguishers has reached over 70%, the whole ward has 23 fire safety inter-family groups.

To proactively prevent and minimize fire and explosion incidents and prepare firefighting forces and equipment when a fire or explosion occurs, Hue City has implemented many solutions and at the same time strengthened urgent fire prevention and fighting measures. In particular, it requires departments, branches, sectors, and People's Committees of wards and communes to review and strengthen fire prevention and fighting work in the new situation. The City Police Department presides over and coordinates with relevant units to disseminate andeducate the law, knowledge, and skills on fire prevention and fighting and rescue, and warn of the risk of fire and explosion in residential areas with high risk of fire and explosion, types of production, business, and service establishments with large concentrations of people, houses combined with production and business, etc. At the same time, organize propaganda activities, experience, and practice appropriate fire prevention and fighting and rescue skills for people to participate.

According to the leaders of Hue City People's Committee, along with communication work to raise awareness of fire prevention and fighting, in the coming time, the city will strengthen inspection, examination, and tighten state management of fire prevention and fighting and search and rescue, especially in key areas and facilities at risk of fire, explosion, accidents, and incidents. At the same time, strictly handle violations detected during the inspection process, temporarily suspend or suspend the operation of facilities that seriously violate fire prevention and fighting regulations according to the provisions of law, and publicly announce on the media. In addition, continue to direct the People's Committees of 36 wards and communes to strengthen inspection, grasp the areas and facilities under fire prevention and fighting management according to decentralization and organize inspections, and provide guidance on fire prevention and fighting safety conditions; strengthen propaganda, dissemination of laws, knowledge, and skills on fire prevention and fighting and search and rescue through the local broadcasting system; Organize propaganda to residential areas and households on knowledge of safe use of electricity, fire and heat sources in daily life, business and production...

Article and photos: Ngoc Khanh