Thelaunching ceremony of the Jingzhou “119 Firefighting Publicity Month” activity kickedoff at Yangtze University at 4:30 pm on November 6.

Thetheme of this year’s “119 Firefighting Publicity Month” is “Preventing FireRisks and Building a Beautiful Home,” aiming to promote all walks of life topay more attention to, learn and participate in firefighting, improve people’sawareness in fire safety, consolidate the foundation of fire prevention andcontrol, and maintain a stable fire safety situation.

At thelaunching ceremony, firefighting volunteer service teams of six units,including Hellobike, Yangtze University, Jingzhou Radio and Television Station,and Beihu Road Community of Jiefang Street Office, were successively established.Among them, Yangtze University has many foreign students join in its firefightingvolunteer service team, creating an attractive scene among others.

At theevent, the long-range large-flow water supply system worth 8 million yuan,which is comprised of three fire engines, made its debut at the “high, fine andsharp” firefighting equipment display area. The three fire engines arerespectively large-flow pumper, hose laying fire fighting vehicle, andfar-range water supply truck with its farthest water supply distance of up to 3kilometers. Firefighters gave detailed explanation of them from the aspects of productappearance, logo, and performance to the audience.

“It’s socute to say ‘Those who participate in the activity can get a fire truck as gift’.”At the event, the fire publicity staff distributes Fire Protection and SafetyManual and other materials to teach fire-escaping methods and how to self-checkfire risks in a simple and clear way. Different from ordinary flyers, theJingzhou firefighting department made a temporary parking sign in the shape ofa cartoon ladder truck, which is embraced by citizens who believe that it is sucha common touch that placed in the car, it can always remind people of preventingfire risks.

Afterthe launch of the “119 Firefighting Publicity Month” activity, the firefightingdepartments throughout the city will focus on the theme of “Preventing FireRisks and Building a Beautiful Home” to gradually launch various kinds ofactivities, spanning fire prevention publicity event, nationwide fire-protectionexperience event, crack-down on fire risks, and soliciting opinions on firefightingcultural and creative products, along with conducting fire drills in crowdedplaces and organizing people to visit the fire education bases. Through trainingfirefighting knowledge in schools, communities, large-scale commercial complexes,and key enterprises, these activities aim to enhance people’s awareness of firesafety and create a strong atmosphere that everyone values, cares for, and participatesin firefighting work, and provide a safe environment for the city’s economicand social development.