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Forest fire prevention tips
1. What is forest fire prevention?
Forest fire prevention refers to the prevention and extinguishing of fires in forests, woods and woodlands.
2. What are the hazards of forest fires?
Forest fires refer to forest fires that are out of human control, spread and expand freely in forest land, and bring certain harm and losses to forests, forest ecosystems and human beings. Forest fire is a sudden, destructive, extremely difficult natural disaster to extinguish, not only will burn down the forest, harm the animals in the forest, but also reduce the ability of the forest to regenerate, cause soil impoverishment, destroy the forest to conserve water resources, etc., and even lead to the loss of balance of the ecological environment, cause air pollution, and threaten the safety of people's lives and property.
3. What are the causes of forest fires?
Trees, shrubs, grasses, mosses, lichens, litter and other substances in the forest are combustibles. The so-called "spark can start a prairie fire", even if some plants have a large water content, they will be ignited by the flames over time and spread into forest fires. There are two main causes of forest fires:
4. How many levels of forest fire risk warning are there?
According to the forest fire danger level, fire behavior characteristics and the degree of harm that may be caused, the forest fire danger warning level is divided into four levels, which are represented by red, orange, yellow and blue from high to low.
5. What are the basic principles for fighting forest fires?
The basic principle of fighting forest fires is to "fight early, fight small, and fight small". Fighting early refers to putting out the fire in time, fighting small refers to fighting the fire that has just occurred, and hitting refers to the thoroughness of fighting the fire, not only to fight the open fire, but also to clean up the case fire and eliminate all the remaining fires. The three are interconnected and influence each other. Hitting early is the premise of extinguishing fires, hitting small is the key to extinguishing fires, and hitting is the core of fire extinguishing.
6. What are the precautions for escape in case of forest fire?
1. The damage caused by forest fires to people mainly comes from high temperature, smoke and carbon monoxide, which is easy to cause heat stroke, burns, suffocation or poisoning, especially carbon monoxide is latent, which will reduce people's mental acuity and is not easy to be detected after poisoning. Therefore, if you find yourself in a forest fire area, you should use a wet towel to cover your mouth and nose, and if there is water nearby, it is best to soak your clothes to add an extra layer of protection.
2. In the event of a fire in the forest, you must pay close attention to the change of wind direction, because the wind direction determines the direction of the spread of the fire, and also determines the direction of escape. If you suddenly feel that there is no wind, you can't be careless, which often means that the wind direction will change or reverse, and once you can't escape, it is easy to cause casualties.
3. When smoke and dust hit, cover your mouth and nose with a wet towel or clothes to avoid it quickly. If the evacuation is not timely, you should choose a flat ground where there is no combustible material nearby to avoid smoke. Do not choose low-lying land, potholes, or holes, because low-lying land, potholes, and holes are prone to soot deposits. If you are surrounded by fire in the middle of a mountain, you should run down the hill quickly, and do not run up the hill, as the fire usually spreads upwards much faster than a person runs.
4. After successfully leaving the fire scene, it is necessary to prevent the invasion of mosquitoes, snakes, wild beasts, and poisonous bees when resting near the disaster site. Friends traveling in groups or groups should check with each other to see if everyone is there, and if there are those who are left behind, they should promptly ask the local fire fighting and disaster relief personnel for help.
7. What are the "ten prohibitions" for forest fire prevention?
8. How to call the police after discovering a forest fire?
It is the responsibility of every citizen to report to the police in time when a forest fire is discovered. If you find a forest fire, you should immediately call the special alarm number 12119 for forest fires.
Source: Ministry of Grassland Forest Fire Prevention and Emergency Management, China