China News Service, March 27. According to the official WeChat account of the Ministry of Emergency Management, the Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Committee recently issued the "Notice of the Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Committee on Doing Relevant Work on National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day in 2024" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"). The notice mentioned that May 12 this year is the 16th National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. The theme is "Everyone pays attention to safety and everyone knows how to respond to emergencies - strive to improve the grassroots disaster prevention and avoidance capabilities." From May 11 to 17 for Disaster Prevention and Reduction Awareness Week.
The full text of the notice is as follows:
Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Committee
Notice on work related to the 2024 National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day
The disaster prevention, reduction, and relief discussion and coordination agencies of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government and the Disaster Reduction Committee of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the member units of the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction, and Relief Committee, and the emergency management departments (bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:
May 12th this year is the 16th National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. The theme is "Everyone pays attention to safety and everyone knows how to respond to emergencies - strive to improve the grassroots disaster prevention and avoidance capabilities." May 11th to 17th is the National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. Awareness Week. In order to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on disaster prevention, reduction, and relief and the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and to do a solid job in various tasks on the National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day, the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:
1. Effectively improve ideological understanding and political stance
The front line at the grassroots level is the main battlefield for public safety. Efforts to improve disaster prevention and avoidance capabilities at the grassroots level are an inevitable requirement to prevent and resolve major safety risks and protect the safety of people's lives and property. It is an important foundation for realizing the modernization of emergency management and grassroots governance. All regions and relevant departments must have a deep understanding of the importance of improving disaster prevention and avoidance capabilities at the grassroots level, insist on putting people first and life first, and focus on publicity and interpretation of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important exposition on disaster prevention, reduction, and relief around the theme of this year’s National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day. , Establish a firm concept of disaster risk management and comprehensive disaster reduction, focus on educating and reminding cadres at all levels to strengthen bottom-line thinking, implement disaster prevention, reduction, and relief responsibilities, focus on widely popularizing disaster prevention and reduction knowledge and skills, and improve the public's awareness of disaster prevention and reduction and self-rescue and mutual rescue Ability, eyes downward, focus downward, plan and hold a number of publicity, training and education activities, organize and carry out a number of emergency evacuation drills, publicize and promote a number of grassroots disaster prevention and reduction experience models that can be replicated and used for reference, and use rich, diverse and popular activities to create a good atmosphere for the whole society to participate in disaster prevention and reduction, and to build a solid people's defense line for disaster prevention, reduction, and relief.
2. Carry out in-depth science education on disaster prevention and reduction
All regions and relevant departments should take into account actual conditions, increase innovation in project activity content, mechanisms and carrier forms, and continuously expand the coverage and influence of disaster prevention and reduction science education. Various safety experience halls, emergency training bases, science popularization venues, etc. should be open to the public free of charge, organize simulation experiences, exhibitions, speeches, and knowledge competitions, and invite industry experts and public figures to conduct public welfare lectures on disaster prevention and reduction, expert interviews, and on-site Consultation and other activities to popularize basic disaster risk knowledge and prevention and response skills. Make full use of radio and television, the Internet, "two micro and one terminal" and other communication carriers to focus on promoting popular science works such as animation games, short videos, film and television dramas on disaster prevention and reduction, in urban and rural communities, squares and parks, transportation stations, large commercial complexes, etc. Safety slogans and wall charts are posted and hung in key places, or publicity videos on disaster prevention and reduction are played, etc., to continue to expand the publicity momentum. Focus on stimulating the vitality of media integration, strengthen publicity and reporting on disaster prevention, reduction, and relief achievements and experiences, and strengthen positive leadership. Extensively mobilize grassroots forces such as fire rescue personnel, security inspectors, disaster information officers, and community grid members to carry out "knock-knock operations", "household reminders" and "door-to-door visits" in key units such as urban and rural communities, schools, street shops, and group rental housing. "Training" activities, face-to-face lectures on disaster hazards and safety prevention skills, and enhance public safety awareness and emergency response capabilities.
3. Pay close attention to the investigation and rectification of hidden disaster hazards
All regions and relevant departments must adhere to a problem orientation, strengthen bottom-line thinking and extreme thinking, and promote relevant grassroots units to conduct in-depth investigation of hidden disaster and accident risks, keep a close eye on important targets and high-risk locations, strengthen the rectification of safety loopholes, and strictly prevent the occurrence of various safety accidents. Focusing on areas closely related to people's lives, such as urban gas, fire protection, and electric vehicle charging, we will closely investigate safety risks in key places such as urban villages, old communities, urban-rural fringes, and "nine small places", and implement grid-based safety management and control measures. Guide towns (subdistricts) and villages (communities) to mobilize the masses, extensively participate in mass detection and prevention work such as monitoring of geological disaster hazard points, inspections of flood control facilities, and forest and grassland fire risk management and control, and proactively discover and report hidden disaster risks. Combined with the information on disaster-bearing bodies and other information obtained from the disaster risk census, guide the grassroots to establish a list of major disaster risk hazards, clarify the responsible departments and responsible persons, strengthen real-time monitoring, dynamic management and early disposal, to ensure that hidden risks and hazards are resolved at the budding stage before disasters occur. before doing everything possible to reduce disaster risks.
4. Organize emergency drills and prepare for prevention and response
All regions and relevant departments must organize and carry out effective emergency drills based on various extreme situations, hone the emergency response linkage mechanism, and improve emergency command and handling capabilities. Comprehensive drills should focus on complex scenarios such as urban earthquakes and catastrophic disasters, large-area or multi-point concurrent disasters, and improve cross-regional and cross-department collaborative response capabilities; special drills should examine the shortcomings and weaknesses in emergency preparedness and response throughout the entire process, and promote The emergency plans should be connected and mechanisms and measures should be optimized; grassroots drills should focus on mass participation, highlight emergency evacuation, emergency avoidance, and information reporting, and strengthen early handling. During the Disaster Prevention and Reduction Publicity Week, each member unit can organize and carry out emergency evacuation drills based on actual conditions. Key disaster prevention units, primary and secondary schools, towns and village groups in high-risk areas must conduct an emergency evacuation drill. It is necessary to guide the grassroots to strengthen the prevention and response to various sudden disasters, revise emergency plans as soon as possible, carry out targeted rotation, replenishment and maintenance of emergency supplies, increase the allocation of urgently needed equipment at the grassroots level, and pre-position emergency rescue forces in high-risk areas in a timely manner to ensure Disasters and dangers should be detected and dealt with early.
5. Scientifically and efficiently respond to various natural disasters
All regions and relevant departments must learn deeply from the experience and lessons of disaster prevention and response, start from the most unfavorable situation, be prepared and take strict responsibility, and promote the implementation of responsible measures by departments at all levels. Highlight disaster-prone periods, strengthen the collection and analysis of early warning and symptom information, timely organize and carry out joint monitoring and early warning and consultation and judgment between departments, promote the accurate communication of forecast and early warning information to the grassroots front lines through multiple channels, initiate emergency response as soon as possible, and decisively relocate to evacuation areas in advance We will go all out to carry out emergency rescue, disaster relief and other work. It is necessary to strengthen emergency duty and duty, strictly implement systems such as leadership, 24-hour duty and information reporting, maintain an emergency state at all times, and ensure effective, orderly and efficient handling in the event of sudden disasters and dangers.
All regions and relevant departments must attach great importance to and conscientiously do a good job in the overall planning, organization and implementation of various activities; they must strictly implement the requirements of continuous rectification formalism to reduce the burden on the grassroots, in line with the principle of economy and efficiency, and improve the ability to implement natural disaster emergency response The project will be combined with the three-year action to tackle the root causes of production safety, and plan arrangements will be refined to ensure that measures are in place and the effects are in place.
Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief Committee
March 22, 2024