Cities need to strengthen safety precautions for large-scale activities

At the beginning of the new year, several security incidents made this winter a little bit colder and aroused people's renewed attention to public safety incidents. The issue of urban public management concerns the people's livelihood and links people's hearts. The increase in urban life and culture is accompanied by an increase in urban security problems. Only by awakening can we build a strong defense line.

The stampede on the Chenyi Square in Shanghai’s Bund caused 36 deaths and 49 injuries. As of the morning of January 4, four more were discharged and 24 people had been discharged after the diagnosis and treatment. The number of serious wounded was reduced to seven, and one of them was still in critical condition.

Although tragedies have passed in the past, sadness has not gone far, and grief never stops. The departure of 36 young lives should not only be painful, scary, but also realistic and future inspiration. An event-experience advisor friend in a circle of friends, “do not go to places where there are a lot of people, and once things happen, everything is pale and powerless.” With the dense population of the city, the level of economic development has increased, public activities The increase in public places is a normal situation, and the advice of “Do not go to places with lots of people” also appears to be “pale and weak”.

Why Shanghai? Shanghai is one of the most mature cities for public plan in China. Since SARS in 2003, Shanghai has gradually established a complete emergency management system. The occurrence of stampede once again shows that urban public safety risks are ubiquitous and growing. No one can stay out of the city. What we can do is take adequate precautionary measures to minimize risks. So far, the “Mars” that ignited the stampede of the Chenyi Square in the Bund have not been identified. However, in terms of public safety precautions, the commonality of such incidents is sufficient, and individuality becomes less important.

Forewarned is forearmed, without prejudging the waste. It is always right to place public safety work ahead of time: The event organizer conducts risk assessment on the activities in advance, the scale of the people involved in the activities, the safety capacity of the site, the safety and effectiveness of the organization, the flow of people in the field, and the Security risk points, possible induced events, equipped with emergency capabilities and equipment, etc., to make a comprehensive, full and scientific assessment. From the perspective of “worst plan”, formulate specific detailed and feasible activity organization plans and emergency plans, and allocate sufficient emergency forces and equipment.

In Hong Kong, on the evening of December 31, 1992, a stampede that caused 21 deaths and 63 injuries took place. This forced a large-scale event safety precaution system, including: conducting flow assessments, implementing necessary flow restriction measures, and The public informed of the risks and delineated the responsibility of Tian Tian so that each area has special personnel to maintain, as well as medical staffing and Civil Security team support and so on. New York Times Square will gather millions of people every year on New Year's Day. To prevent stamping, New York City adopts a very strict and effective crowd control measure. It can be seen that effective control of people flow is a common practice and has reference value.

On the other side of the matter, as participants in the activities, citizens' public safety awareness and public civilized qualities are very important to public safety. This kind of consciousness and quality is reflected in the self-protection of the security incident and the help it can provide to others. It also includes the awareness of rules and the concept of order. Many media disclosed the details of the stampede on the Bund's Chen Yi Square. The ** has been maintaining order and asking everyone not to squeeze, but there is almost no effect and the crowd is still moving forward. If, at this time, everyone can follow the command of **, there will be no “collective unconsciousness” of the crowd, and later tragedies may not happen. It can be seen that in a public event, it is important to maintain ** authority and establish awareness of rules.

As the city's pie has grown bigger and bigger, it has become a challenge not only for urban infrastructure but also for lifestyle and management. In this regard, the subject and object of urban management must be adjusted to meet this trend. Consensus and common governance are the premise and foundation of social harmony. Public security governance is no exception.