Special commentator of this newspaper.
With the intensification of global climate instability, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as heavy snow and severe cold continue to increase. For megacities, the higher the risk coefficient of extreme weather, the greater the negative impact is often caused, which poses a more severe challenge to urban operation guarantee and comprehensive management. All localities and departments at all levels should thoroughly implement the requirements of the general secretary on coordinating high-quality development and high-level security, adhere to forward-looking thinking, overall planning, and overall advancement, and improve the disaster prevention and mitigation system with higher standards and stricter requirements to ensure the safety of people's lives and property.
The Beijing Municipal Transportation Commission issued a notice on December 15: At 18:57 on December 14, two trains collided with each other in the uplink section from Xierqi to Life Science Park on the Changping Metro Line, causing injuries to some passengers. According to the preliminary investigation, the cause of the accident was the degrading of the signal of the front car due to the slippery track in the snow, and the emergency braking and stopping, and the rear car was located in the downhill section, and the snow caused the train to slide and failed to brake effectively, resulting in a rear-end collision with the front car. (See version 05 for related reports).
After the rear-end accident in the subway, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government set up a leading group for on-site accident disposal, and the departments of transportation, fire protection, health, public security, emergency response and the territory responded quickly, and went all out to rescue and evacuate the injured and transfer passengers. A total of 515 people were sent to the hospital for examination, of which 102 suffered fractures and no deaths. As of 6 a.m. on the 15th, 423 people have been discharged, 25 people are under observation, and 67 people are hospitalized**.
Recently, there has been snowfall and cold wave weather in Beijing, with orange warnings for blizzard, blue for cold waves, orange for road ice, yellow for sustained low temperatures, and blue warnings for high winds. The snowfall lasted for a long time and accumulated a large amount of snowfall, which brought great hidden dangers to the city's traffic and safety. The cause of the subway rear-end accident needs to be further investigated, and the accident once again sounded the safety alarm, warning all departments and units at all levels to be highly vigilant, not to be lax, to take warning, to draw inferences from one case, to investigate and rectify risks and hidden dangers, to do a good job of safety precautions, and to resolutely prevent and curb the occurrence of all kinds of accidents.
It is better to prepare for the rain and dig a well without thirst." In the face of extreme weather, it is necessary to strengthen bottom-line thinking and limit thinking, firmly establish the ideological consciousness and action consciousness of "preparing for the worst and working hard for the best", conduct pressure at all levels, and consolidate various responsibilities. It is necessary to persist in making good use of the work method of "grasping the key points and grasping the key points", play a good "safety first move" to deal with extreme weather, pay close attention to key areas of safety precautions such as road traffic, power supply, and heat supply, strengthen the inspection, maintenance, and reinforcement of lines and facilities and equipment, and respond to even the possibility of 1 percent with the fullest 100 percent preparation.
In the face of extreme weather, it is necessary to strengthen systematic thinking, establish and improve the coordination and linkage mechanism of departments at all levels, perform their duties and fulfill their responsibilities, strengthen coordination, form a strong joint force for safety and prevention work, closely monitor and timely remove snow on the top of school gymnasiums and other venues, large-span buildings, agricultural facilities greenhouses, temporary structures, and dangerous houses, and strictly prevent secondary disasters such as building collapse. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the safety inspection and inspection of construction projects, outdoor high-altitude operations, forest scenic spots, large-scale amusement facilities and other fields, eliminate all kinds of potential safety hazards in a timely manner, and earnestly achieve "foolproof measures to ensure that nothing goes wrong". In addition, it is also necessary to coordinate the dispatch of sanitation workers, snow and ice removal vehicles, and snow removal equipment, guide units and businesses along the street to implement the responsibility of "three guarantees in front of the door", and mobilize volunteers and enthusiastic citizens to jointly carry out snow and ice removal work to prevent traffic accidents and fall accidents.
In the face of extreme weather, it is necessary to strengthen the thinking of the masses and do a solid and detailed work on extreme weather safety precautions. At present, it is imperative to adhere to the problem orientation, "look back" at the implementation of safety precautions in various fields and links, further check and fill in the gaps, and plug the "needle holes" in a timely manner. To achieve the above-mentioned goals, it is necessary for all departments and units to fulfill their duties, and it is also inseparable from the support and cooperation of the broad masses of citizens. To this end, it is necessary to follow the mass line in depth and give full play to the wisdom and strength of the masses. One of the important tasks is to improve the reporting mechanism, broaden the reporting channels, increase the reward for reporting, stimulate the initiative and enthusiasm of the masses to participate in the investigation and rectification of various safety risks and hidden dangers, and build a more solid safety prevention barrier for extreme weather.
Security is the premise of development, and development is the guarantee of security. It should be noted that with the intensification of global climate instability, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as heavy snow and severe cold continue to increase. For a megacity like Beijing, the higher the risk coefficient of extreme weather, the greater the negative impact it causes, posing a more severe challenge to urban operation guarantee and comprehensive management.
Facing the future, all departments at all levels in the city should thoroughly implement the requirements of the general secretary on coordinating high-quality development and high-level safety, adhere to the "people first, life first", strengthen long-term thinking, adhere to forward-looking thinking, overall planning, and overall advancement, and take the construction of "safe and resilient cities" and "smart cities" as the starting point, improve the disaster prevention and mitigation system with higher standards and stricter requirements, create a social governance pattern of co-construction, co-governance and sharing, and do a solid job in disaster prevention and mitigation and safe production. Ensure the safety of people's lives and property.