“The fire door is a ‘life barrier’that prevents the spread of fire. In the event of a fire, the open fire door will form a ’chimney effect‘, which will cause great difficulties for escape and rescue. ”Yesterday, at the site of the Shanghai Two sessions, Hong Chengdong, a member of the Social Construction Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress and the technical director of Shanghai Kunmou Automobile Service Co., Ltd., said that through on-site visits, it was found that there are some outstanding problems in the fire safety of high-rise buildings that need to be solved systematically and fundamentally.

Problem building fire doors

Hidden dangers remain

“In 2023, two high-rise buildings separated from the large-scale commercial complex Global Harbor will be listed as municipal listed supervision projects. At that time, 362 of the 960 fire doors were severely damaged, and 175 of the 240 smoke exhaust outlets were not working properly. Rectification was required that year. Last week, I went to the scene to check on the floor by floor and found that the fire doors on the 1st to 6th floors were closed and locked, and all the 7th to 28th floors were open. ‘Hong Chengdong said that there are a large number of high-rise buildings in Shanghai, they are built early, and they have a high density. In the event of a fire, it is difficult to evacuate and fight, and the fire spreads quickly. Moreover, there are many elderly people in Shanghai and the ability to escape is weak, which can easily cause mass deaths and injuries and major property damage.

After further investigation, he found that the fire safety responsibilities of properties in some residential areas are not in place, mainly reflected in: failure to regularly inspect and investigate fire hazards; failure to maintain fire-fighting facilities, equipment and safety signs in accordance with regulations; lack of professional level, knowledge and sense of responsibility of practitioners. Since 2023, the procuratorial organs have discovered that there are fire-fighting problems in more than 900 residential areas, and they have passed procuratorial recommendations to urge rectification.

At the same time, the hidden dangers of exterior wall insulation materials have not been completely resolved. According to the standards before 2010, a certain number of high-rise buildings in this city still use flammable and combustible exterior wall insulation materials. Fire investigation data in 2017 showed that more than 16,800 high-rise buildings used exterior wall insulation materials, of which more than 1,000 did not meet safety requirements and posed serious hidden dangers.

Operation ”Guardian of the Gate of Life’

Start now

To this end, he suggested that, first of all, immediately launch the “Life Gate Guardian” special action for the people to do practical things, and build the first line of defense. The special affairs department is authorized to authorize the fire department to issue a rectification notice, and the maintenance funds can be quickly activated; the government pockets the bottom and includes the communities that lack maintenance funds as private practical projects or financial budgets, and the district-level financial special allocations to implement “turnkey’ projects to ensure that the fire doors are repaired in place.

Secondly, consolidate local responsibilities and promote group prevention and group governance. Jiezhen assists fire-fighting departments in performing their supervisory duties in accordance with the law, comprehensively inspects public fire-fighting facilities, fire hazards, and fire-fighting violations, and urges rectification within a limited period of time; taking the Party building as the guide and the government as the lead, it promotes owners and industry committees to assume the primary responsibility for community safety management and give full play to the professional management role of property companies; strengthen fire-fighting publicityEducate and promote community participation in the comprehensive management of fire safety.

Finally, focus on the hidden dangers of exterior walls and accurately investigate and rectify them. Carry out a comprehensive investigation, and the housing, construction and housing management departments will carry out a net-pull investigation of the exterior thermal insulation materials of high-rise buildings, focusing on the verification of flammable and combustible materials, the cracking and shedding of the exterior walls and protective layers of aluminum-plastic panels. Carry out risk assessments and carry out renovation and repair of hidden buildings according to priorities. Through the establishment of a chapter system, improve the management system of high-rise buildings, formulate fire emergency plans, and clarify daily safety monitoring responsibilities.

“Fire fighting in high-rise buildings is related to the safety of life and property of millions of households. We look forward to the concerted efforts of many parties to build a strong line of defense for the safety of Shanghai city. ‘Hong Chengdong said.