As the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday approaches, Guangdong has also entered a "critical period" for forest fire prevention. This year's Qingming Festival, our province vigorously promoted the use of online sacrifice instead of on-site sacrifice. In addition, according to the weather forecast, from April 1 to 16, the temperature in our province is normal and slightly higher, and the precipitation is normal and slightly higher. From April 3 to 5, there may be weak cold air affecting Guangdong, accompanied by intermittent precipitation. Although these factors may reduce the probability of forest fires, they do not mean that we can relax our vigilance - Wu zepeng, chief expert consultant of Guangdong Academy of Forestry Sciences, said that during this period, rainfall may not occur everywhere. In addition, due to the differences in forest, geographical and social conditions, the province is still facing great pressure on forest fire prevention and control. Block the fire source and kindling at the foot of the mountain and outside the forest Statistics show that in the past five years, more than 30% of forest fires occurred in the second quarter of each year. More than 90% of these fires occurred in April, and most of them were caused by sacrificial fire. "This year, we vigorously promote the way of replacing on-site sacrifice with network sacrifice in our province, which should reduce the pressure of forest fire prevention and control to a certain extent." "We should also note that there are 158 million mu of forest land in Guangdong Province, and there are great differences in forest, land and social conditions across the province. Although there may be weak cold air and precipitation in Guangdong during the Qingming Festival, it does not necessarily mean that there will be rainfall everywhere, we still can't relax our vigilance," Wu zepeng said In response to the forest fire prevention situation in Qingming this year, Li Su, section chief of the fire prevention and Control Department of the provincial emergency management department, introduced that all parts of the province will strengthen research and judgment, deploy defense in advance, and continue to use effective measures such as "covering the mountain head, guarding the intersection, focusing on the key points, signing responsibility and fighting early and small". The county-level professional forest fire fighting teams in all parts of the province should be stationed at the front, and link the town and village cadres, the town semi professional team and forest rangers to take up their posts, so as to ensure that the control of key fire sources is in place, ensure early detection, early reporting and early response, and ensure safety and fight early. Li Su said that at present, four forest fire helicopters in Guangdong are ready, including two stationed in Yunfu Luoding, one in Heyuan and one in Qingyuan. Ancestor worship causes mountain fires or faces "prison disaster" More than 97% of forest fires in southern China are caused by human factors. Wu zepeng said that once a forest fire is caused by improper operation, it may violate the criminal law and face the "disaster of imprisonment". Wu zepeng pointed out that according to Article 134 of the criminal law amended in 2020, those who violate the provisions on safety management in production and operation, resulting in major casualties or other serious consequences, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are especially flagrant, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years. Whoever forces another person to operate at risk in violation of regulations, or organizes operations at risk even though he knows that there is a potential danger of major accidents, thus causing heavy casualties or other serious consequences, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention; If the circumstances are especially flagrant, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years. "As long as the accident or other consequences are caused, whether the party violates the law unintentionally or knowingly, it will not affect the establishment of the crime of major liability accident." Special attention should be paid to the fact that when an individual negligently causes a forest fire during the Qingming Festival, he will also violate the provisions of the criminal law. Whoever commits the crime of fire due to negligence may be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years; If the circumstances are relatively minor, he may also be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention. The seriousness of the circumstances of the crime of fire should also be determined according to the forest area damaged by the fire, whether it causes casualties and other factors. (Xinhua News Agency)