To keep your life smooth, you need to know these things

"Life passage" is a special passage that guides people to evacuate to safe areas at critical moments. Industrial buildings, civil buildings, and public buildings should all be equipped with corresponding emergency exits, evacuation stairs, and fire truck passages, and they must be kept open at all times. So, what hidden dangers may exist in daily life and production? How to escape in an emergency? Let's learn together——

Which places must have escape routes?

Industrial buildings such as factories and warehouses; residential buildings such as residential buildings; public buildings such as office buildings, hospitals, hotels, and gymnasiums should all have safe evacuation and refuge facilities that are appropriate to their functions, fire resistance levels, and population density.

Roads that are accessible to fire trucks and connected to external highways or streets should be set up around industrial and civil buildings, within factory areas, warehouse areas, within urban rail transit vehicle bases, and near the ground entrances and exits of other underground projects.

Will I be punished for occupying or blocking the escape route?

The life passage is the hope for the trapped to escape, and illegal occupation will be severely punished.

According to Article 28 of the Fire Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, no unit or individual may damage, misappropriate or dismantle or stop using fire protection facilities and equipment without authorization, bury, occupy or block fire hydrants or occupy fire protection distances, or occupy, block or close evacuation passages, emergency exits or fire truck passages. Doors and windows in crowded places shall not be equipped with obstacles that affect escape and fire fighting and rescue. Article 60 of the Fire Protection Law of the People's Republic of China: If a unit violates the provisions of this Law and commits any of the following acts, it shall be ordered to correct the violation and be fined not less than RMB 5,000 but not more than RMB 50,000:

(1) The configuration or installation of fire-fighting facilities, equipment or fire safety signs does not comply with national standards or industry standards, or is not maintained in good working order;

(2) Damaging, misappropriating, or dismantling or stopping use of fire-fighting facilities and equipment without authorization;

(3) Occupying, blocking, or closing evacuation passages or emergency exits, or engaging in other acts that hinder safe evacuation;

(iv) burying, enclosing, or blocking fire hydrants or occupying fire protection distances;

(5) Occupying, blocking or closing fire truck passages, thereby obstructing the passage of fire trucks;

(6) Setting up obstacles on doors and windows in crowded places that affect escape and fire fighting and rescue;

(VII) Failure to take timely measures to eliminate fire hazards after being notified by fire rescue agencies.

Any individual who commits any of the acts listed in the second, third, fourth or fifth paragraph of the preceding paragraph shall be given a warning or a fine of not more than RMB 500.

If anyone commits any of the acts listed in the third, fourth, fifth or sixth items of the first paragraph of this article and refuses to make corrections after being ordered to do so, compulsory enforcement shall be carried out and the necessary expenses shall be borne by the person committing the illegal act.

In an emergency, how to escape through the escape route?

Look at the signs and remember the routes: When entering residential areas, factories, restaurants and other crowded places, you must first understand the locations of emergency exits and evacuation passages in advance, and familiarize yourself with the escape evacuation maps and evacuation routes.

Make plans and conduct drills: Factories and enterprises should organize the formulation of fire-fighting and emergency evacuation plans that suit the actual situation of the unit, set up two or more escape routes, and organize employees to conduct escape and self-rescue and early fire fighting drills at least once every six months.

Don't panic, evacuate quickly: When you encounter a fire, stay calm. Follow the instructions of the emergency exit signs and use all passages to evacuate in an orderly and rapid manner. Do not take the elevator. When walking through thick smoke, cover your mouth and nose with a wet towel and bend down and keep a low profile.