Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training directs schools on fire prevention and fightin

Fire prevention and fighting and school safety are one of the important tasks of educational institutions. To carry out this task, on September 21, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City has directed schools to coordinate with the fire prevention and fighting and rescue police to organize propaganda activities, disseminate laws and knowledge on fire prevention and fighting.

Fire drills at school

One of the important activities is to organize drills and training for workers, students, and trainees on how to provide first aid when accidents occur due to fire and explosion; training and instructing how to escape when fire and explosion occur to have safe escape skills. These activities help to improve the awareness and skills of responding to incidents.

In addition, schools must also equip full fire prevention and fighting equipment and make signs of emergency exits, stairs, and emergency doors… easy to see, and easy to read in both Vietnamese and English. Schools do not lock the doors of stairs, or emergency exits when there are teachers, staff, students and trainees studying and living in the school.

In addition, the leaders of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City require schools to study and integrate the content of legal education, knowledge of fire prevention and fighting and rescue into the curriculum, and extracurricular activities at educational institutions, suitable for each level and grade. This is a measure to educate and train workers, students and trainees to comply with the regulations and laws on school safety.

The leaders of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City emphasized that the principal is responsible for the fire prevention and fighting work at the unit. The principal must check and supervise regularly the implementation of measures to prevent and stop the risk of accidents due to fire and explosion. The principal must also report timely to the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City on the situation and results of fire prevention and fighting work at the school.

Practice using fire extinguishers

Causes of fires and explosions in schools

- Electrical incidents: Due to arbitrarily installing additional electrical equipment, not paying attention to parts such as electrical wires that do not meet technical requirements, and not being checked or replaced promptly, leading to aging and peeling. peeling off the insulation layer.

- Mobile phones, charging devices: Using poor quality devices always has a high risk of electric shock. Especially with smartphones with complex microchips, just a little problem can cause the device to completely explode.

- Lighting system: Due to the use of high-temperature and high-capacity lighting devices such as light bulbs or light accessories. Check around the lighting area for any flammable objects, such as wood panels or bare wood.

- High-temperature devices: High-temperature devices are often used in industry such as furnaces, furnaces, combustion gas pipes or fuel tanks, just encountering a spark of electricity. or even a small spark has a high chance of leading to a fire.

- Motorcycle fuel tanks: Do leave motorcycle fuel tanks indoors or near heat sources.

Why must we organize fire prevention and fighting education in schools?

- Improve students' understanding of the dangerous nature, harmful effects, and consequences of fire and explosion on individuals, families, communities and society, and measures and procedures for fire prevention and fighting. fire and rescue, rescue at home, school and community.

- Form and train pupils, students, trainees, educational administrators, teachers, officials, and employees in educational establishments with knowledge and skills on fire prevention and fighting and rescue, rescue.

- Instruct educational institutions to perform the work of ensuring fire safety, fire fighting, and rescue¹.

- Equip students with practical and necessary life skills.

- Help students consciously comply with school safety rules and regulations

Source: thahnien.vn