China News Service, April 12th. At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Emergency Management in April held on the morning of the 12th, the executive deputy director of the National Forest Prevention and Control Office, the deputy director of the Forest Fire Bureau of the Ministry of Emergency Management and the director of the Fire Prevention and Management Department Peng Xiaoguo said that 29 provinces across the country are currently in the fire prevention period. Starting from April 15, all provinces in the country will enter the fire prevention period, which is an important period with the largest number of provinces, the widest scope and the greatest challenge in a year.
"As the temperature gradually rises, there is less precipitation in some areas, and there are obviously more strong winds in spring. In addition, the use of wild fires such as spring ploughing production, mountain tourism, and construction in forest and pastoral areas has increased, and the fire risk level has continued to rise. Tight fire risk situation." Peng Xiaoguo said that this week, 21 provinces have fire risk levels above the higher risk level (that is, level 3 or above), 10 more provinces than the same period last year, and 7 provinces are at high risk (that is, level 4 and above).
In addition, from March to June each year, forest and grassland fires are high in incidence. In the past 10 years, an average of 1,688 fires occurred during this period, accounting for 63% of the total number of fires, of which more than 80% of major fires occurred during this period.
Therefore, the current situation of fire prevention and fire fighting is very severe and complex.
It is highlighted in the following aspects:
First, the stock risk of complex factors has become increasingly prominent.
The main reasons are that the load of combustibles under forest is increasing, the speed of infrastructure construction in forest areas is not compatible with the increasing forest coverage rate, and problems such as the aging of local professional teams are still prominent.
Second, the incremental risks in key areas are more diverse.
The phenomenon of forests and grasses surrounding the city and inter-embedded forests is more common.
Since 2020, among the 663 cities in the country, 194 forest cities have been built, and 441 are in progress; the increasing number of construction and construction in forest and pastoral areas has brought increasing security risks; The gradual change to the current "immersive" mountain and forest tourism has also increased the difficulty of fire control in the wild.
Third, the variable risks in extreme cases are difficult to measure and control.
This is one of the risks that we have worked hardest on in the past two years and is currently one of the most worrying risks. The main reason is that extreme weather conditions are difficult to predict early and accurately, and it is very easy to produce extraordinary and serious consequences.
As we all know, the northeast region is the main battlefield for forest fire prevention in my country. This year, the windy weather has increased by about 10 days year-on-year.
Therefore, our pressure is still relatively large.
Fourth, the constant risk of maintaining the safety bottom line is still severe.
Although we have done a lot of work in this regard, forest and grassland fires are a worldwide problem, and the risk of rescue operations is extremely high, and safety risks always exist.
The above risks are intertwined, superimposed and interacted, and it is very easy to produce coupling reactions and amplification effects.
Peng Xiaoguo pointed out that in order to effectively deal with risks and challenges, the following work has been focused on:
The first is to organize forward-looking research and judgment, and plan and deploy as soon as possible.
Focusing closely on the practical requirements of fire prevention and control this year, relevant experts should be organized to conduct multiple rounds of consultations and judgments as soon as possible and issue early warning information in a timely manner.
In mid-March, the National Forest Prevention and Control Institute convened a national teleconference on forest and grassland firefighting work in advance, and made a comprehensive mobilization and deployment for the prevention and control work, and local governments also followed up and made mobilization and deployment.
The second is dynamic early warning monitoring to strengthen pre-perception.
Conscientiously organize comprehensive consultations and judgments, strengthen rolling judgments, short-term forecasts and early warning reports, and at the same time strengthen the "five-in-one" three-dimensional monitoring of satellite remote sensing, aviation patrols, and video surveillance.
Since the beginning of the year, a total of 14 issues of fire risk situation research and judgment and 75 issues of fire risk warning information have been released.
The third is to pay close attention to source control and make every effort to resolve risks.
Taking source control as the "first line of defense" to prevent fires, coordinately promote the "five entries" of fire prevention propaganda, increase the investigation and management of potential risks, continue to promote group prevention and control and joint prevention and control, and focus on strengthening the prevention and control of tourist attractions. Guidance and coordination of three-year rectification actions for hidden fire hazards of power transmission and distribution facilities in forest and pastoral areas.
The fourth is to maintain a high level of alertness and make solid emergency preparedness.
Based on extremely complex situations, and in accordance with the principle of "preserving the first priority, focusing on the key points, controlling the surface, and guarding the border", organized and formulated various special plans, and deployed 19,000 forest fire teams, 108,000 local professional teams, and aviation fire-fighting aircraft across the country. 62 aircraft. On this basis, the national forest firefighting team was organized to go to several key provinces for inter-provincial mobile garrison, and at the same time, detailed preparations for actual strength, command, equipment, materials and safety precautions were made.
Fifth, strengthen inspection and supervision and consolidate the responsibilities of all parties.
Through various methods such as on-site supervision, video scheduling, and timely issuance of warning letters, the inspection and supervision efforts have been increased, and special supervision in areas with frequent fires has been strengthened. Security Risk.
"In the next step, we will continue to focus on doing a good job in various tasks, especially strengthening the effective response to extreme situations, and do our best to minimize risks." Peng Xiaoguo said.