Citywide fire control publicity carried out to foreigners

On Sep . 6，the Fire Department of Yiwu Municipal Bureau of Public Security ，to gether with Police Stations of Jiangdong，Choubei ，Chouchen ，Chouj iang ，Beiyuan ，examined the fire safety situation in places where foreign people reside and conducted the fire control publicity to them. These activities were quite welcomed by foreigners . According to statistics，92% of more than ten thousand foreigners live in Subdistricts of Jiangdong，Choubei ，Chouchen，Chouj iang ，Beiyuan . To strengthen their awareness of their legal liabilities and actions in case of fire accidents，inform them of how to discover hidden fire dangers ，improve their ability of extinguishing fires，officers of the Fire Department of Yiwu Municipal Bureau of Public Security went to churches and expatriate areas for public city ，where they offered lectures about fire control，distributed booklets with English translations about fire safety . They also provided fire control safety column in media and on internet .And i n hotels and communities populated with foreigners，fire-fighting drills and evacuation exercises were carried out to teach foreign residents how to escape and save themselves in case fire accidents occur .