National online conference on fire prevention
On the morning of September 12, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a nationwide online conference on fire prevention and fighting and reviewed five years of implementing Decree 83/2017/ND-CP. regulations on rescue and rescue work of the fire prevention and fighting forces. Attending the conference at the Government bridgehead were: Politburo member, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh; Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son, representatives and leaders of ministries and branches of the Central Government.
Attending at the bridge point of the Hanoi People's Committee were: Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the City People's Committee Tran Sy Thanh; Members of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee: Standing Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Le Hong Son, Lieutenant General Nguyen Hai Trung, Director of the City Public Security and representatives of relevant units.
The situation of fire and explosion is becoming more and more complicated and unpredictable
In the opening speech, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that over the past time, the situation of fires, explosions, incidents and accidents has become complicated, unpredictable, with increasing frequency, especially fires in Hanoi. residential areas, high-rise apartments, industrial parks, markets, commercial centers, production and business establishments... and especially karaoke business establishments. According to the Prime Minister, the above serious and tragic cases are warnings and show that the situation is urgent, posing new requirements, tasks, thinking and approaches for the prevention and response to the pandemic. incidents, accidents, fires, to ensure the safety of property and especially human life; put people's health and life first, first of all.
Faced with that situation, the Government Standing Committee has requested the Ministry of Public Security to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with agencies in, direct the investigation and clarify the causes and responsibilities of state management agencies and local authorities. , licensing agency, inspection and related individuals, ensuring objectivity. At the same time, organize a conference to review and evaluate the fire prevention and fighting work and the results after 5 years of implementing Decree 83/2017/ND-CP. The Prime Minister affirmed that fire prevention and rescue work is a very important task in the current context. Meanwhile, people's awareness, behavior and habits about fire prevention and rescue and rescue still have limited times and places; skills in handling and responding to incidents are not high; The implementation of legal regulations and state management activities on fire prevention and fighting and rescue is still limited and inadequate.
At this conference, the Prime Minister suggested that delegates attend with a sense of responsibility, seriousness and frankness, focusing on evaluating the achieved results, especially the things that have not been done, the shortcomings and limitations. limitations, shortcomings, difficulties, problems, clarifying the causes (objective and subjective), what lessons can be learned, which focuses on issues such as: Perfecting policies and laws; stage of organization, implementation and state management; raise awareness, knowledge and skills on fire prevention, rescue and rescue; the effectiveness of inspection, examination, and sanctions to handle violations; strengthen the capacity of fire prevention and fighting, rescue (especially in terms of people, technology, equipment...) and responsibilities of relevant agencies, units and individuals.
Report on assessment of fire prevention and fighting work and review of results after 5 years of implementing Decree 83/2017/ND-CP, Major General Nguyen Van Long, Deputy Minister of Public Security said, over the past time, the situation of fire and explosion Incidents and accidents are complicated and unpredictable with increasing frequency, especially in fires in residential areas, high-rise apartment buildings, industrial parks, markets, commercial centers, establishments. production, business ... Many cases caused especially serious consequences (most recently the Karaoke bar fire in Cau Giay district, Hanoi on August 1, 2022, causing 3 deaths of fire protection police; warehouse fire. The factory caused 3 deaths in Thanh Oai, Hanoi on September 10, 2022; the fire at a karaoke bar in Binh Duong on September 6, 2022 caused many deaths). Report and show that the situation is urgent, set new requirements and tasks for the prevention and response to incidents, accidents, fires, to ensure the safety of property and especially the lives of children. People; put people's health and life first.
