CCTV News: On January 24, the National Fire and Rescue Bureau held a regular press conference. At the press conference, Liu Jiyang, spokesperson of the National Fire Rescue Administration and senior commander of the Policy and Regulations Department, briefed the emergency dispatch of the national comprehensive fire rescue team in 2024 and the national fire situation.

In 2024, the national fire rescue team received reports and handled 2.358 million police incidents of various types, an increase of 10.1% from 2023. A total of 25.374 million fire rescue personnel and 4.586 million fire trucks were dispatched. 215,000 trapped people were rescued at the disaster site and 166,000 people in danger were evacuated. The number of fire rescue stations with more than 1,000 dispatches nationwide reached 215, 95 more than the previous year, especially Qianchuan Fire Rescue Station in Huangpi District, Wuhan, Hubei, Linquan Jiaotong Road Fire Rescue Station, Anhui, and Xihu Avenue, Yingzhou District, Fuyang, Anhui The fire rescue station is dispatched more than 2,000 times throughout the year, with an average of 6 to 7 times a day, making it very busy. At the same time, forest firefighting teams put out 143 forest and grassland fires, performed 377 comprehensive rescue missions, and dispatched a total of 146,000 firefighting rescue personnel.

In 2024, fire rescue teams across the country received a total of 908,000 fire reports, resulting in 2,001 deaths, 2,665 injuries, and direct property losses of 7.74 billion yuan. There were 70 reports of major fires and 249 deaths, a decrease of 2 and 10 people respectively compared with 2023; 3 reports of major fires and 44 deaths respectively, a decrease of 2 and 46 people respectively compared with 2023; reports of particularly major fires 1, the same as in 2023. The fire situation remains generally stable.

There were five main characteristics of fires across the country last year: First, there were mostly outdoor fires and small fires. There were 391,000 building fires, accounting for 43.1%, 97,000 vehicle fires, accounting for 10.7%, and 419,000 outdoor fires of various types, accounting for 46.2%. Second, the proportion of fires in rural areas is relatively large. There were 350,000 fires in urban areas, accounting for 38.6%, 534,000 fires in rural areas, accounting for 58.8%, and 22,000 fires in other areas such as development zones and tourist areas, accounting for 2.6%. Third, there are the most fires in residential places. Among the 391,000 structural fires, there were 309,000 fires in residential places, accounting for 79%; 36,000 fires in crowded places, accounting for 9.2%; and 23,000 fires in factories and warehouses, accounting for 5.9%. Fourth, there are many fires during the day and people are easily killed at night. 10:00 to 20:00 is the most frequent period for fires throughout the day, accounting for 61.4% of the total number of fires, and the number of fatalities caused during this period accounts for 37.4% of the total; although the number of fires from 0:00 to 6:00 accounts for 10.3% of the total number of fires, the number of fatalities The number of people accounted for 31.3%, especially the larger fires that occurred during this period accounted for 48.6% of the total. Fifth, electrical faults and careless use of fire accounted for more than half. Looking at the fires whose causes were identified, 293,000 were caused by electrical faults, accounting for 32.3%, 198,000 were caused by careless use of fires in daily life, accounting for 21.8%, and fires caused by smoking and leftover fires accounted for 21.8% of the total. 15.3% and 15%.

Liu Jiyang also introduced the current policy system of fire administrative law enforcement. The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to "improve the administrative law enforcement supervision system and mechanism" and "create a market-oriented, legal and international first-class business environment". The General Office of the State Council's "Opinions on Strictly Standardizing Enterprise-related Administrative Inspections" requires "strengthening Administer in accordance with the law to ensure that administrative inspections are legally based, strictly standardized, fair and civilized, precise and efficient, and further optimize the business environment." Against this background, the Party Committee of the National Fire and Rescue Administration resolutely implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, continued to introduce measures to facilitate the people and benefit enterprises, further standardize fire-related enterprise law enforcement behaviors, and strive to create a good fire-fighting business environment. In December last year and January this year The "Eight Measures for Fire Rescue Agencies to Convenience the People and Benefit Enterprises" and the "Regulations on the Responsibility System for Fire Administrative Law Enforcement" have been deployed and formulated to inject new impetus into protecting the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises and the public and serving the high-quality development of the economy and society.

Liu Jiyang said that the Spring Festival is approaching, and with the concentration of festival activities, various fire risks and unsafe factors have increased. Judging from the fire situation over the years, the New Year's Eve and the first two days of the Spring Festival will reach the highest number of fires in the entire year. At the peak of the epidemic, the national comprehensive fire rescue team will strengthen supervision, inspection and emergency duty to ensure that the masses celebrate the New Year. At the same time, the whole society is reminded to pay attention to fire safety and celebrate the New Year safely.