Yingshan, Sichuan: Protecting the Lights of Thousands of Homes and Painting a Picture of Peace Together

In recent years, Yingshan County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, has closely adhered to the core goals of "preventing risks, ensuring safety, facing challenges, and promoting development". With a sense of responsibility of "always being at ease", it has coordinated and strengthened the four core tasks of safety production supervision, disaster prevention and reduction, forest and grassland fire prevention and extinguishing, and emergency system construction, fully safeguarding the safety of people's lives and property. The safety production situation in the whole county is stable and improving, with no major or above production safety accidents occurring for 25 consecutive years. With a solid safety bottom line, we provide strong support for the high-quality development of the economy and society.

The concept of promoting education and strengthening the foundation of safety has deeply penetrated people's hearts

On May 15th, an immersive safety experience class was held at the Yingshan Middle School Safety Education Experience Hall, with ten fingers interlocked and the elbow not bent during compression. Each group was pressed 30 times and two artificial breaths were performed. Under the guidance of safety training teachers, students in Class 3 of Grade 1 of the school conducted practical training on cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

A safety experience course like this attracts tens of thousands of participants every year, "said the person in charge of Yingshan Middle School. The experience hall has six safety experience classrooms, integrating safety knowledge from nine aspects including traffic safety, emergency rescue, wilderness escape, and home safety. Different safety experience courses are offered weekly for different classes. The course combines theoretical explanations with practical exercises, allowing students to truly internalize safety knowledge in their hearts and externalize it in their actions.

The Yingshan Middle School Safety Education Experience Center is a safety education experience center jointly built by the County Emergency Management Bureau, County Red Cross Society, and Yingshan Middle School. It is an important comprehensive platform for safety education in the county. The relevant person in charge of the Yingshan County Emergency Management Bureau introduced that the center not only conducts regular safety teaching for teachers and students of the school, but also opens to county-level government agencies, social organizations, etc., extending safety education from the campus to various levels of society and becoming a battlefield for improving the safety literacy of the whole population.

Safety skills training is a key lever for enhancing emergency response capabilities, and comprehensive and widely covered safety knowledge promotion is the foundation project for cultivating public safety awareness. Yingshan County adheres to the synchronous development of urban and rural areas, and strives to integrate safety concepts into the daily lives of the people in a "silent way".

In the county town, six parks including sports park and green space park have been developed as safety culture theme parks. A safety knowledge bulletin board is set up in the park, where citizens can learn practical knowledge such as earthquake avoidance, fire evacuation, forest fire prevention and extinguishing anytime and anywhere while relaxing, exercising, strolling and playing.

At the same time, safety propaganda has extended its reach to rural areas. In Xingyun Village, Lujing Town, various safety knowledge themed sculptures, promotional slogans, etc. are scattered throughout the landscape nodes. Tourists can easily receive safety knowledge while enjoying the natural scenery.

We carry out safety knowledge promotion through multiple channels and channels, and build a comprehensive and three-dimensional publicity matrix. "The relevant person in charge of Yingshan County Emergency Management Bureau introduced that the county has also built 13 safety experience halls, purchased more than 50" Chuang'an "outdoor propaganda machines, and set up more than 3000 electronic display screens, publicity windows, and fixed propaganda columns in key places such as government agencies, communities, supermarkets, and rural areas. We roll out safety public service advertisements, emergency prompts, and disaster prevention knowledge 24/7, creating a strong and lasting safety culture atmosphere throughout the county.

Since the beginning of this year, Yingshan has focused on important milestones such as the "3.30" Forest and Grassland Fire Prevention and Extinguishing Warning Day, the "5.12" National Disaster Prevention and Reduction Day, and the National Safety Production Month. It has carried out safety propaganda "five in 100" activities throughout the county on a quarterly and sectoral basis, promoting disaster prevention and reduction and safety knowledge into enterprises, rural areas, communities, schools, and families, bridging the "last mile" of safety propaganda, and bringing safety concepts into thousands of households and covering various industries.

The county has built multiple demonstration safety culture sites, standardized safety campuses, cultivated more than 6000 certified Red Cross emergency responders, completed residents' safety quality improvement projects in more than 100 villages (communities), and standardized the establishment of more than 440 emergency rescue teams. The relevant person in charge of Yingshan County Emergency Management Bureau stated that through regular activities such as emergency rescue popularization, on-site practical training, safety law popularization, and emergency skills drills, a strong atmosphere of "everyone talks about safety and everyone knows how to respond to emergencies" has been formed in Yingshan.

Technology empowers strong support to enhance disaster prevention and reduction efficiency

Recently, the 2026 Yingshan County comprehensive emergency rescue practical exercise was successfully held in Qianqiu Village, Xindian Town. The drill simulated the occurrence of heavy rainfall in the local area, causing various dangerous situations such as landslides, drowning of people, and forest fires in mountainous areas. The emergency rescue forces at the county, township, and village levels responded quickly and cooperated in combat, with more than 100 cadres and masses participating throughout the entire process. After nearly 3 hours of intense and orderly practical exercises, the four major subjects of mountain flood and land disaster rescue, water rescue, earthquake rescue, and forest fire suppression were successfully completed, effectively testing emergency plans, integrating linkage mechanisms, and honing emergency teams.

The highlight of this drill is outstanding, with a batch of high-tech rescue equipment such as large firefighting drones, amphibious all terrain vehicles, and high-pressure fine water mist fire extinguishers making their debut. The organic combination of civil defense, physical defense, and technical defense makes emergency rescue more precise, stable, and efficient.

The large-scale firefighting drone can not only carry 200 kilograms of firefighting water, but also connect to a water hose for continuous firefighting. It is equipped with laser scanning and window breaking functions, which can accurately shatter glass and achieve window breaking firefighting in urban high-rise fire disposal. "The relevant person in charge of Yingshan County Emergency Management Bureau introduced that the large-scale firefighting drone has been put into practical application, completely changing the traditional cloud ladder high-altitude firefighting mode. It can accurately spray water columns at close range, greatly improving firefighting efficiency, and maximizing the personal safety of rescue personnel.

This year, Yingshan County has increased its investment in emergency support and centralized the procurement of a batch of new emergency rescue materials with high technological content and strong practical capabilities, including reconnaissance drones, intelligent flight lifebuoys, isolation belt opening vehicles, professional dismantling equipment, high-definition communication equipment, etc. This batch of equipment can meet the needs of daily patrol monitoring, hidden danger investigation, risk warning and other work, timely discover and quickly eliminate safety hazards, and can be quickly deployed and efficiently disposed of in the event of extreme disasters, providing hardcore support for emergency rescue.

On May 17th, in Luojia Mountain, Wanglonghu Town, staff member Li Yongjian proficiently operated an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and launched a forest patrol. Li Yongjian introduced that the drone can take off at an altitude of up to 6 kilometers and operate stably in a level 6 strong wind environment. It supports RTK positioning and is equipped with an infrared camera that has both wide-angle and telephoto functions, transmitting high-definition images in real time to ground terminals. Once a fire is detected, specialized drones with fire extinguishing bomb deployment capabilities can be immediately dispatched to implement aerial deployment of fire extinguishing bombs to control or extinguish the fire.

Previously, manual inspections of mountains and forests were time-consuming and labor-intensive, but now unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) patrols are convenient, efficient, and cover all areas without dead corners. "Li Yongjian said that a reconnaissance UAV can complete the entire forest inspection task in less than an hour, and technology empowers forest fire prevention and control work to predict and control accurately in advance.

At present, most townships (streets) in the county are equipped with fire motorcycles, reconnaissance drones, basic firefighting equipment, and have the ability to independently handle small-scale fires, "said the person in charge of Yingshan County Emergency Management Bureau. Most villages (communities) have built micro fire stations equipped with chainsaws, fire extinguishers, water hoses, etc; In villages (communities) with large forest areas, specialized equipment such as wind powered fire extinguishers and fire extinguishing water guns should be added; In towns with wide water areas and high water risks, professional rescue equipment such as water rescue robots and rubber boats should be equipped.

The person in charge of Yingshan County Emergency Management Bureau stated that in recent years, the county's emergency rescue material reserves have become increasingly sufficient, equipment levels have been continuously improved, and emergency support capabilities have been continuously enhanced. Township (street), village (community) and other grassroots emergency terminals shall comprehensively standardize the construction of emergency material reserves, carry out practical emergency drills on a regular basis, achieve full coverage and 100% compliance rate of grassroots emergency capacity standardization construction, and effectively build the "first line of defense" for grassroots emergency management.

Rectification and elimination of hazards, weaving a dense safety protection network

In early May, at the site of the Mugaoqiao Reservoir Dam in Muding Township, Yingshan County, the dam, which had undergone comprehensive risk elimination and reinforcement, was completely renovated: the dam body was cleaned by high-pressure cleaning, and the moss that had been attached for many years was completely removed; Replace the dam crest and pedestrian walkway with thick and durable stainless steel guardrails; Add high-precision water level monitoring and warning equipment; New waterproof soil erosion slope protection will be built on downstream slopes, and key facilities such as spillways and flood discharge channels will be comprehensively repaired and reinforced.

According to Luo Shuangfei, the project manager of the reinforcement project for the Mugaoqiao Reservoir in Yingshan County, the reservoir was built in the 1970s and has been in operation for a long time. The facilities are severely aging, and the dam body has cracked to varying degrees. The water discharge facilities are outdated and backward, and the efficiency of manual operation is low, which poses certain safety hazards.

The reinforcement project for the Mugaoqiao Reservoir has been fully completed, "said Luo Shuangfei. Before the renovation, flood discharge relied on manual twisting of valves, and in the event of mechanical failure, only the spillway could be relied upon for discharge, highlighting the hidden dangers; After the renovation, new automated electromechanical control equipment has been added to achieve "one click operation" for flood discharge, which is safe, convenient, precise and efficient. During this year's spring production season, the reservoir provided precise water supply to downstream areas through the addition of water release equipment, effectively ensuring the irrigation water needs of towns and villages such as Muding, Muya, and Lingjiu, achieving a win-win situation of risk elimination, security, and benefiting the people.

The relevant person in charge of Yingshan County Emergency Management Bureau introduced that the county has completed a batch of major accident hazard rectification projects with high quality, including the collapse control of village roads in Xindu Village, Xiaoshui Town, the disposal of landslides in Laoguan Village, the reinforcement of Longgang Reservoir in Wanglonghu Town, and the reconstruction of dilapidated bridges in Zisheng Village, Xinghuo Town, which fundamentally eliminate risks and hazards.

This year, Yingshan County has continued to promote the three-year action plan to tackle the root causes of safety production and deepen the investigation and rectification of risks and hidden dangers. Focusing on key areas such as forests, transportation arteries, and power transmission and distribution lines, and closely monitoring key periods such as the Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, and May Day, we organized a special team to carry out a comprehensive investigation of hidden dangers, and have identified more than 100 types of risks and hidden dangers. Establish a rectification ledger for all problems identified during the investigation, clarify rectification responsibilities, measures, and deadlines, implement inventory management and cancellation based rectification, and ensure that all risks and hidden dangers are eliminated in their early stages and before disasters occur.

Before the flood season, Yingshan County took precautions and deployed flood prevention and drought relief work in advance, playing the "first move" well. By fully relying on the urban lifeline comprehensive platform, emergency management comprehensive application platform, and county and township emergency video consultation system, we will build an intelligent monitoring and early warning system, comprehensively improve the "call and respond" mechanism for disaster warning, and ensure rapid communication and efficient response of warning information. Strictly implement the four level guarantee responsibilities of county package township, township package village, village package group, and party member and cadre package household, consolidate work tasks at all levels, and comprehensively prepare for material reserves, team assembly, plan improvement, transfer and resettlement, etc.

Nowadays, Yingshan County has woven a three-level safety protection network of "city township (street) village (community)", greatly improving the ability of risk assessment, monitoring and early warning, emergency response, and post disaster recovery throughout the entire chain. Last year, Xiaoqiao Town and Huilong Town scientifically organized emergency shelters to effectively ensure the safety of people's lives and property. Their successful practices were praised as typical cases by the Risk Monitoring and Comprehensive Fire Prevention and Control Department of the Emergency Management Department. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, Yingshan was awarded the title of Advanced County in Disaster Management in Sichuan Province and successfully created a provincial-level demonstration city for safe development. Yunfengshan Community in Langchi Street was awarded the title of National Comprehensive Disaster Reduction Demonstration Zone, and the effectiveness of safety governance was fully recognized by the higher authorities.

Our goal is to build a 'big security, big emergency, and big disaster reduction' system, promote the participation of the whole people in disaster prevention and reduction, and promote the linkage of the whole region. We will accelerate the improvement of the 'air space integration' monitoring and early warning network, comprehensively promote the deep integration of emergency management and community grid governance, adhere to technology empowerment, smart emergency response, and precise prevention and control, continuously build a solid defense line for the safe development of the whole county, effectively exchange the safety index for the happiness index of the people, and continuously improve the sense of gain, happiness, and security of the people, "said the person in charge of Yingshan County Emergency Management Bureau. (Guo Ming, Jiang Qin, Xue Yunfei)