Make every effort to do a good job in flood prevention and disaster reduction. People's Daily Review: Putting the People at the Center for Flood Control | Region | Disaster Reduction
According to the meteorological department's forecast, in the next 10 days, there will be heavy rainfall in areas such as Jiangnan and South China. Compared with the same period in the year, some areas in southern Jiangsu and Anhui, western Zhejiang, and central and northern Jiangxi have accumulated more precipitation. According to the development of the flood situation, the National Flood Control Administration launched a Level 4 emergency response for Guangxi and Jiangsu on June 18th, continuing to maintain the Level 4 emergency response for Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, and Guizhou.
The flood situation is a command, and flood prevention is a responsibility. Faced with the complex weather situation and increasing uncertainty in our country, especially in some areas where strong precipitation is expected and safety threats are high, relevant departments are based on deeply implementing the important decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on disaster prevention and reduction, consolidating the main responsibility of local Party committees and governments, and scientifically organizing flood prevention work. This is a concrete manifestation of adhering to the principle of putting people first and life first, and is also an inevitable requirement for orderly prevention and disposal of disaster emergencies in accordance with the law. It also provides guarantees for coordinated economic and social sustainable and healthy development.
Unified leadership, coordination and linkage are the cornerstone of a successful flood prevention campaign. Scientific overall command is also reflected in going deep into the front line and implementing policies according to the situation. The National Flood Control Office has dispatched three working groups to relevant regions to guide local flood control work. At the same time, the Emergency Management Department organized a special video conference on flood prevention and coordinated with the China Meteorological Administration and the Ministry of Water Resources to jointly assess the development trend of rain and flood situation, dispatch relevant provincial flood prevention indicators, and refine the arrangement and deployment of flood prevention and disaster relief work in key areas. Adhere to scientific scheduling, information sharing, emergency linkage, and comprehensive management to ensure accurate, orderly, and efficient implementation of flood prevention and rescue work.
Strengthening responsibility and effectively responding are the guarantees for winning the flood prevention campaign. On the 18th, the General Office of the People's Republic of China issued a notice to the relevant provincial flood control departments, requiring the comprehensive implementation of various flood control responsibilities with the local administrative head responsibility system as the core. Responsibility is more important than Mount Tai, and local party and government leaders should be responsible for the key stage of disaster response. To ensure the timely landing of warning information in the "last mile", it is more clear to implement the "call and respond" mechanism in the notification. The "call to action" mechanism refers to the prompt notification of grassroots flood control leaders by water conservancy, meteorological and other departments when issuing high-level disaster warnings, ensuring that the responsible persons are on duty and in place, and timely organizing personnel transfer, emergency rescue and other work. Some places are also actively exploring real-time video connections based on mobile devices, forming a wider coverage "call response feedback" mechanism, further winning the initiative for flood control and disposal.
Putting the people at the center is the core of flood prevention and disaster reduction work. In the face of danger warnings, local governments must decisively and orderly organize the transfer of personnel from hazardous areas, achieving early transfer, fast transfer, and full transfer. We also need to focus on vulnerable groups such as elderly people living alone and left behind children, and make every effort to ensure the safety of people's lives. We need to strengthen the management of resettlement sites, properly solve the basic living problems of the people, and ensure that the transferred personnel have food, clothing, clean water, safe accommodation, and medical services. Always keeping the safety and well-being of the people in mind is the fundamental principle for flood prevention and disaster relief.
Based on preventing major floods, fighting major risks, and rescuing major disasters, governments at all levels must firmly establish bottom line thinking, enhance disaster awareness, and carry out flood prevention and disaster reduction work with a highly responsible attitude. Comprehensively improving disaster prevention and emergency response capabilities, effectively preventing and resolving risks and hidden dangers, will surely win the tough battle of flood prevention and disaster reduction, and maximize the protection of people's lives and property safety.
