Multi-pronged approach to ensure the safety of firecrackers

According to statistics from the Beijing Fireworks Office, from New Year's Eve to the 9th day of the year, 481 people were injured in the city due to the fireworks and firecrackers, a decrease of 2% year-on-year; 103 fires were triggered, a decrease of 37% year-on-year. The fireworks injuries are still mainly caused by three reasons: the discharge of illegal and substandard fireworks, the discharge of alcohol, and the incorrect discharge method. In addition, the proportion of minor injuries this year's Spring Festival increased, accounting for about 30%.

After the Spring Festival this year, various media reported successively many fires caused by the firecrackers during the Spring Festival, causing personal injuries and aggravating environmental pollution. The easiest way to prevent these accidents is to prohibit the production and discharge of firecrackers across the board, but this The proposal did not seem feasible at the time. Therefore, what we have to do is to ensure the safety of setting off firecrackers, and we must ensure the safety of people's lives and property. This is the most important thing. I think the following aspects should be taken to ensure the safety of firecrackers:

First, relevant departments should issue special regulations on the discharge of firecrackers, and make clear regulations on the location of the firecrackers. I think the regulations should clearly stipulate that any organization or individual should strictly prohibit the setting of firecrackers in all schools and institutions in cities and rural areas, urban residential areas, commercial districts, streets, and roads.

Second, the state has issued standards for the production of fireworks and firecrackers, especially to clarify the standards for gunpowder content. It is strictly forbidden for any organization or individual to produce, sell or set off fireworks and firecrackers with high gunpowder content and high noise. Try to limit or prohibit the fireworks display. Those organizations and individuals who violate the regulations shall be given heavy penalties. In fact, our traditional fireworks display during the Spring Festival Firecrackers to express joy. The government supports or supports or rewards or subsidizes the production of fireworks and firecrackers to produce environmentally friendly fireworks and electronic firecrackers, and promotes the environmentally friendly fireworks and electronic firecrackers to the public through the media.

Third, increase education on safety knowledge of citizens setting off firecrackers. Community organizations, village committees and public security departments should jointly enter the community and villages on the eve of the Spring Festival to educate citizens and villagers on the safety knowledge of setting off firecrackers, and guide and publicize the science and methods and techniques of setting off firecrackers safely.

Fourth, it is strictly forbidden for minors to set off firecrackers alone, and minors must set off firecrackers under the supervision and supervision of the guardian. Stores are strictly prohibited from selling fireworks and firecrackers to minors. Before the winter vacation, the school must cooperate with the public security department to hold a lecture for the students, specifically introduce and explain the safety matters and skills of setting off firecrackers.

Fifth, the relevant departments and social media from time to time to publicize the pros and cons of setting off firecrackers to the public, calling on the Chinese to change the long-standing habits and traditions of setting off firecrackers, and ideologically raise the safety awareness of citizens.

Sixth, local governments organize citizens to set off firecrackers as much as possible. Local governments with conditions can finance the purchase of firecrackers and firecrackers in a safe area for the public to set off firecrackers in a concentrated manner, or even hold a public fireworks competition.

Only through a multi-pronged approach can the harm of citizens setting off firecrackers be minimized, resulting in the least loss. Of course, we must eradicate it fundamentally, only by slowly educating citizens, and let citizens consciously give up the habit of setting off firecrackers.