In recent years, the "fierce fire" has become more and more rampant, burning in many places across the provinces and cities, causing many conscious people to feel confused and scared.
This is like an urgent alarm to the community. We need to consider fire prevention and fighting (PCCC) as an extremely important and noteworthy task number 1 in the list of protecting life safety. Because in the first 8 months of 2022, fires have occurred continuously , the main cause of this situation is due to people's "indifference" or carelessness in using electricity, heat sources, lack of skills to handle situations...
Along with the socio-economic development, leading to rapid urbanization, many residential areas, production and business establishments have been quickly formed and developed. Although the sectors directing the implementation of labor safety and fire prevention have had many propaganda measures and efforts from all levels. But there are still some units and individuals who have not paid attention to fire prevention and fighting, leading to unexpected fires and explosions, causing damage to people and property.
In the first 8 months of 2022 alone, reading the statistics on the increasing number of fires and explosions, we all feel regretful and cannot avoid the pain caused by fires.
According to statistics from the Fire Police Department and Rescue Department nationwide:
-Fire situation in the first 6 months of 2022: 848 fires occurred, killing 41 people, injuring 42 people; preliminary estimated property damage in money is about 414.73 billion VND and 40.87 hectares of forest.
-July 2022: 154 fires occurred, killing 6 people and injuring 3 people; property damage was estimated at about 77.14 billion VND and 4.19 hectares of forest; 326 incidents of electrical equipment short circuits on electric poles, in houses, and grass and trash fires occurred.
According to the Ministry of Public Security, in August 2022, there were 134 fires nationwide, killing 10 people, injuring 07 people, and causing preliminary property damage of 29.68 billion VND.
And most recently, the fire at a 3-storey karaoke bar on Tran Quang Dieu Street, Thuan An City, Binh Duong Province on September 7, 2022 killed 32 people. The fire is like a wake-up call for us in fire prevention and fighting work that needs to be further improved.
Faced with this tragic fire, the whole society could not help but grieve. Director of Binh Duong Province Police Trinh Ngoc Quyen said: "Initially, when the staff reported the fire, many guests continued to close their rooms and sing, some of them were not in a conscious state. If the guests had quickly escaped from the beginning, the damage would have been less."
After learning about the karaoke bar fire in his hometown, Mr. Do Ba Hung - Viet Phat Company (VietPhatGroup) expressed: “The recent fires have caused particularly serious damage to human life and property. From the perspective of a business doing fire prevention, we are very sad and worried. If only we all together raise awareness to protect our lives, our family members, the community and protect our property, we will avoid the risk of fire and explosion, instead of being indifferent and subjective in fire prevention. Improve your skills in handling situations when a fire occurs, improve prevention and real fighting, instead of dealing with the fire prevention management agency. Pay attention to fire safety to have a good night's sleep, security and safety, then you will have a peaceful life".
The fire alarm bell will ring longer if we are not alert. We need to “prevent fire better than cure”. Be proactive in fire prevention, do not be indifferent, do not be subjective, our community joins hands to limit heartbreaking fire incidents…
Source: Legal Life