Can I release Kongming Lanterns during the Lantern Festival? Notice on the prohibition of selling and setting off Kongming Lanterns

The lighting of Kongming lanterns during the Lantern Festival has always been hailed as a very romantic blessing event. However, the lighting of Kongming lanterns in today's cities is very risky, and open flames can cause fires. Currently, it has Many areas have issued notices prohibiting the lighting of Kongming lanterns during the Lantern Festival. Regarding the prohibition of setting off Kongming lanterns during the Lantern Festival

Urgent notice to comprehensively carry out fire prevention work in forests and grasslands

All township people's governments and relevant units:

The Lantern Festival is about to begin Coming soon, in order to fully implement the central and provincial and municipal forest and grassland fire prevention deployment requirements, we must do a good job in forest and grassland fire prevention during the Lantern Festival, ensure the safety of forest and grassland resources and people's lives and property, and create a happy and peaceful holiday for the people of the county. In order to create a festive atmosphere, the County Forest and Grassland Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting Headquarters decided that during the Lantern Festival (the 14th, 15th and 16th of the first lunar month), the entire county is prohibited from setting off "Kongming Lanterns". The relevant matters are urgently notified as follows:

1. Improve political stance and pay close attention to the implementation of responsibilities. All towns, towns and relevant units must fully understand the seriousness and harm of forest and grassland fires, effectively enhance the sense of responsibility and urgency for forest and grassland fire prevention, make forest and grassland fire prevention the top priority of all current work, and further strengthen Measures should be taken, and implementation should be paid close attention to, and all efforts should be made to prevent forest and grassland fires. All towns and villages must follow the principles of territorial management and fragmentation and responsibility, and implement leadership leadership and 24-hour duty during the Lantern Festival to ensure that -1- forest and grassland fire prevention responsibilities are implemented in detail to every staff member , every village, every mountain.

2. Strengthen inspection and supervision and strictly control the use of fire in the wild. Around the Lantern Festival is the peak period for setting off "Kongming lanterns" (also known as "sky lanterns and wish lanterns") to pray for blessings. All towns, towns and relevant units must adhere to the four-level coordination and linkage of county, township, village (community) and forest rangers to in-depth Carry out illegal sales, setting off "Kongming lanterns" and fire hazard inspection and rectification operations. We must strictly guard against and set up checkpoints in key areas and main mountain entrances, especially forest edge areas and mountain entrances, and set up checkpoints to strengthen forest areas and forest edge areas. , supervise mentally retarded people and children in villages around the grassland, and strictly prohibit the setting off of "Kongming lanterns", picnics and barbecues, burning candles and incense, burning paper and firing cannons in forest areas and forest edge areas, and resolutely block fires outside the mountains and forests to achieve " Guard against people, control fire, keep an eye on points, protect forests, and watch mountains.”

3. Vigorously promote and mobilize fire prevention awareness. All towns, towns and relevant units must continue to carry out publicity on forest and grassland fire prevention, make full use of village-level loudspeakers, village-level WeChat groups, publicity slogans and other effective methods to vigorously publicize the importance of banning "Kongming Lanterns" to prevent forest and grassland fire, and guide the general public. The people do not buy or set off "Kongming Lanterns", and the general public's awareness of the prohibition of burning and setting off is continuously enhanced. For key village groups in the forest edge area, forest rangers from each township should carry out targeted publicity door-to-door and point-to-point to ensure that forest and grassland fire prevention publicity reaches every family and every person.

4. Be on duty carefully and be prepared for emergencies. During the Lantern Festival, all towns, towns and relevant units must strictly implement the 24-hour duty and leader-led duty system, carefully keep duty records and telephone records, and never allow people to leave their posts and have no one on duty. Phenomenon. All towns and villages must always maintain a state of preparedness for war, carefully organize and carry out emergency drills of forest grassland-2

-former fire prevention emergency teams, and be prepared to fight forest and grassland fires at any time. They must report and report any fire. Flutter sync.

5. Strengthen supervision and inspection and increase accountability for discipline enforcement. County emergency management, public security, forestry and grassland, fire protection, market supervision and other departments should strengthen coordination and linkage, and jointly supervise the forest and grassland fire prevention work in each township according to their respective division of responsibilities, and conscientiously implement the rectification and implementation of supervision issues. All towns and villages should conduct on-site inspections of the forest and grassland fire prevention work of each village group, comprehensively fill in the shortcomings and loopholes in the work, ensure that all preventive measures are in place, and prevent the occurrence of forest and grassland fires. Units and individuals that cause forest and grassland fires and cause heavy losses due to insufficient implementation of forest and grassland fire prevention responsibilities will be held accountable in accordance with laws and regulations.

Can Kongming lanterns be set off during the Lantern Festival?

No, various places are now issuing notices and regulations banning the setting off and selling of Kongming lanterns. The dangers of burning Kongming lanterns

During the Spring Festival, many places have the custom of lighting Kongming lanterns. People write their New Year wishes on the Kongming lanterns, which gradually rise into the sky and float away. This may seem romantic and beautiful, but due to the burning of Kongming lanterns every year Fires caused by Kongming lanterns often happen. The beautiful lantern you are flying now may be a "horrible lantern" in the eyes of others!

We all know the principle of Kongming lanterns. The fire source in the lampshade heats the air, making the Kongming lanterns whole. The density of the lantern is less than the density of the external cold air, so it floats into the air. Due to the influence of uncontrollable factors such as wind speed, the Kongming Lantern becomes a flowing fire after being released, posing a great fire safety hazard.

The fire department reminds: "Kongming lanterns" are open flames with outer flame temperatures as high as 300°C. They are difficult to control after being set off and are directly threatening the safety of aircraft, high-voltage power supply equipment, communication facilities, mountains and forests, and various buildings. , which can easily cause fire accidents.