Annual Fire Drill 2016 at Huabao Flavours & Fragrances Shanghai

On the occasion of National Fire Safety Day on 9 Nov, Huabao Flavours & Fragrances Shanghai organized Annual Fire Drill 2016 in office area and workshops in the morning, which was attended by staffs from company headquarter and subsidiaries such as H&K and Hengxin Jiance.

The fire drill was scheduled at 10 o’clock in the morning. Upon hearing the fire alarms, all staffs who participated in the drill evacuated from work area to the muster point at Green Square via specified evacuation routes stated in the Escape and Evacuation Plan, while order keeping workers checked the evacuation condition of work area floor by floor. After head counting confirming that all staffs from every department have been evacuated, Drill Commander reported to Chief Commander and President YUAN Xiaoqin the final evacuation status. Then, at the word of command of President YUAN, the part of firefighting practice started as planned and in an organized manner.

All people on site were attentively engaged in the firefighting drill at Green Square. Security workers have set fire to an oil drum to simulate a fire scene, flames and smokes rising high on site. Firemen explained and demonstrated the use and operation of fire extinguishers and then directed some staffs to put out the fire.

Security workers used smoke bombs to simulate fire scene inside the Technology Building. The building inside was filled with rising yellow smokes. Workers inside the building quickly find wet towels to cover their mouths and noses while evacuating from the building in the posture of bending low via specified evacuation routes.

Recent years saw serious fires at CCTV Building, Sales Office of Shenyang Wanda Square, Teacher’s Apartment on Jiaozhou Road in Shanghai, and massive explosions of SINOPEC oil pipeline in Huangdao and dangerous chemicals warehouse of Ruihai Company in Tianjin Port. The deaths and injuries and the damage and loss of property from these incidents were devastating, and the profound lessons these incidents have taught us and governments and enterprises in various regions should never be forgotten. In order to enhance the hazard prevention awareness among staffs, create a safe and secure space for production and operation activities inside the company, and promote a healthy and sustainable business development, the Administration Department of Huabao Group has carefully prepared and organized the fire drill. Through experiencing simulated fire scene and practicing emergency responding measures, staffs, especially those actually involved in fire extinguishment, have seen improvements in their fire safety awareness, risk prevention awareness and emergency responding capabilities. Moreover, this fire drill was conducive to facilitating firefighting personnel’s execution of fire emergency responding procedure, enhancing their capabilities to cope with fire emergencies, allowing related departments and workers to better understand their roles in fire prevention, and strengthening the coordinated cooperation among all departments in coping with and addressing fire accidents.