When is Fire Safety Month?

Fire Safety Month is November.

In our country, the number of days of November 9th is exactly the same as the fire alarm telephone number 119. Moreover, around this day, when things are dry and fires are common, all parts of the country are in full swing. Winter fire protection work.

In order to increase the fire safety awareness of the whole people and make "119" more popular among the people, the Ministry of Public Security launched in 1992 based on the "119" firefighting activities carried out in some provinces and cities, on November 9 every year. Day is designated as "Firefighting Day" across the country.

Similarly, the key tasks of fire safety cannot be publicized in just one day on 11.9. Therefore, all regions and units actively organized and carried out fire safety publicity activities in November, and gradually November evolved into Fire Safety Month.

Extended information:

1. Fire Safety Days in Various Countries

In 1992, the Ministry of Public Security designated November 9 every year as "119 Fire Safety Awareness Day" ". The purpose of carrying out this activity is because winter is a fire-prone season.

In order to do a good job in winter fire prevention work, we take the "119 Fire Protection Awareness Day" as an opportunity to kick off winter prevention and carry out extensive and diverse fire safety publicity activities for a period of time to improve the fire safety of all people. awareness and promote the process of socialization of fire protection work.

November 9, 2009 is the 18th National “119” Fire Fighting Day. Many countries in the world have their own fire protection day. Japan’s Cultural Relics Fire Prevention Day is January 26, and the ancient Romans’ Vulcan Festival (i.e. Fire Festival) is August 22.

The Fire Day in some European countries and regions such as Poland, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, West Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy is May 4. These dates are related to some typical fires that occurred there.

2. China’s firefighting force

my country’s firefighting force is mainly composed of public security firefighting teams, local government full-time firefighting brigades, and enterprise full-time firefighting brigades, with the public security firefighting force as the main force. The public security fire brigade has a total number of more than 150,000 people, with nearly 20,000 firefighting vehicles on duty; the government full-time fire brigade and corporate full-time fire brigade have more than 7,800 people and more than 120,000 people, and more than 12,000 fire trucks on duty.

In addition, the team of Chinese firefighting volunteers has grown rapidly and has become an important social force in carrying out socialized firefighting publicity and education under the new situation. More than 400 firefighting volunteer service corps have been established nationwide to serve There are more than 7,700 brigades and more than 500,000 registered fire volunteers.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia-National Fire Safety Day

Baidu Encyclopedia-119 Fire Protection Awareness Month