Ministry of Emergency Management: Focusing on Prominent Issues to Swiftly Launch a Special Campaign for Fire Safety Rectification

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2023-04-20

　　BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) — On the 19th, the Ministry of Emergency Management stressed the need to focus on pressing issues and promptly launch special campaigns to enhance fire safety and conduct pre‑flood inspections and remediation of potential hazards at tailings ponds.

　　On the same day, the Ministry of Emergency Management convened a Party Committee meeting, emphasizing the need to draw broader lessons from individual incidents, conduct thorough inspections to identify and address risks and hidden dangers, and resolutely prevent and curb the occurrence of major safety accidents. The meeting noted that, in recent days, several localities have experienced a series of fires and other safety incidents—most notably the fire at Beijing’s Fengtai Changfeng Hospital and the factory‑building fire in Jinhua, Zhejiang—exposing serious shortcomings such as inadequate hazard identification and remediation, as well as the failure to fully implement responsibilities for workplace safety, thereby sounding another urgent warning.

　　The meeting emphasized that hospitals, nursing homes, schools, daycare centers, “factories within factories,” entertainment venues, high-rise buildings, and large-scale complexes must be given top priority. Focus should be placed on pressing risks such as flammable and combustible decorative materials, thermal insulation products, obstruction of emergency escape routes, unauthorized hot work and welding, and risky construction practices, as well as the alarming issue of minor construction incidents leading to major accidents. To address these concerns, measures will include centralized inspections, expert consultations, and cross‑jurisdictional law enforcement, with a thorough, case‑by‑case review—publicly notifying identified hazards, exposing serious violations, and holding responsible parties accountable through official interviews. Particular attention must be paid to tailings ponds, especially those located directly above populated areas, ensuring safety during the flood season by clearly defining regulatory responsibilities, implementing corrective actions for identified hazards, strengthening early‑warning and response mechanisms, refining emergency plans, increasing inspection frequency and enforcement力度, and, in the event of extreme weather, intensifying coordination meetings, assigning dedicated personnel for continuous monitoring, and promptly taking decisive evacuation and hazard‑avoidance measures to prevent dam failures from resulting in casualties.

[Editor-in-charge: Zhang Xinran]

Source: Xinhua Net

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