Bijie Municipal Emergency Management Bureau

The Municipal Emergency Management Bureau implements the policies and decisions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Provincial Committee, and the Municipal Committee regarding emergency management. In carrying out its duties, it upholds and strengthens the Party's centralised and unified leadership over emergency management. Its primary responsibilities are:

(1) Overseeing emergency management across the city, guiding counties (districts) and departments in responding to sudden incidents such as work safety-related and natural disaster-related emergencies, as well as comprehensive disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief efforts. Responsible for comprehensive supervision and management of work safety across the city, including the work safety supervision and management of the mining, commerce, and trade industries (excluding coal mines, as applicable).

(2) Formulating policies and measures related to emergency management and work safety across the city, organising the compilation of city-wide emergency system construction plans, work safety plans, and comprehensive disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief plans, and supervising their implementation.

(3) Guiding the construction of the city's emergency response plan system, establishing and improving a graded response system for accidents and natural disasters, organising the compilation and implementation of the city's overall emergency response plan and special plans for work safety and natural disasters, coordinating the integration of emergency response plans, organising drills, and promoting the construction of emergency shelters.

(4) Lead the establishment of a city-wide unified emergency management information system that is compatible with the provincial emergency management information system, plan and layout information transmission channels, establish a monitoring, warning, and disaster reporting system, improve the mechanism for obtaining and sharing natural disaster information resources, and uniformly release disaster information in accordance with the law.

(5) Organise, guide, and coordinate emergency rescue operations for sudden incidents such as work safety and natural disasters across the city, undertake the work of the municipal government's command centre for responding to major disasters, comprehensively assess the development of sudden incidents and propose response recommendations, and assist the responsible officials designated by the municipal party committee and municipal government in organising emergency response work for major disasters.

(6) Unify the coordination and command of all types of emergency professional teams across the city, establish an emergency coordination and linkage mechanism, promote the integration of command platforms, and coordinate the participation of the People's Liberation Army and Armed Police Forces stationed in Bijie in emergency rescue work.

(7) Coordinate the construction of emergency rescue forces across the city, be responsible for the construction of professional emergency forces such as firefighting, forest and grassland firefighting, flood control and rescue, earthquake and geological disaster rescue, and production safety accident rescue in accordance with regulations, manage municipal comprehensive emergency rescue teams in accordance with regulations, and guide the construction of emergency rescue forces in various regions and by social organisations.

(8) Be responsible for fire safety work across the city in accordance with regulations, and guide and coordinate fire safety supervision, fire prevention, and firefighting work.

(9) Formulate and implement city-wide policies and measures for earthquake prevention and disaster reduction; guide and coordinate the prevention and control of forest and grassland fires, water and drought disasters, and geological disasters; be responsible for comprehensive monitoring and early warning of natural disasters; guide the conduct of comprehensive risk assessments for natural disasters; and undertake the daily operations of the city's Flood Control and Drought Relief Command, Forest Fire Prevention Command, and Earthquake Relief Command.

(10) Coordinate disaster relief efforts across the city; organise and guide disaster assessment, loss evaluation, and disaster relief donation work; manage, allocate, and supervise the use of central, provincial, and municipal disaster relief funds and materials; and undertake the daily operations of the Municipal Disaster Reduction Committee.

(11) Exercise comprehensive supervision and management authority over workplace safety across the city in accordance with the law. Guide, coordinate, and supervise workplace safety efforts by municipal departments and localities; and undertake the daily operations of the Municipal Workplace Safety Committee.

(12) In accordance with the principles of graded and local jurisdiction, it shall legally supervise and inspect the implementation of work safety laws and regulations by industrial, mining, commercial, and trade production and operation units, as well as their work safety conditions, equipment (excluding special equipment), materials, and work safety management of labour protective equipment. It shall legally organise and supervise the implementation of the work safety access system. It shall be responsible for the comprehensive supervision and management of hazardous chemical safety; it shall be responsible for the supervision and management of work safety in fireworks and firecrackers.

(13) Organise and guide the investigation and handling of production safety accidents in accordance with the law; supervise the implementation of accident investigations and accountability measures; and organise and conduct investigations and assessments of natural disaster-related emergencies.

(14) Draft and implement plans for the storage of emergency supplies and emergency rescue equipment across the city; establish and improve an emergency supply information platform and dispatch system; and centrally coordinate the dispatch of emergency supplies during disaster relief operations.

(15) Responsible for emergency management, work safety, and comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation publicity, education, and training; organises and guides scientific and technological planning research, promotion and application, and informatisation construction in emergency management, work safety, and comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation.

(16) Conducts cross-regional exchanges and cooperation and emergency rescue in accordance with the decisions and deployments of the Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal People's Government, and the Provincial Emergency Management Department.

(17) In conjunction with departmental responsibilities, carry out related work on military-civilian integration and poverty alleviation; increase investment in science and technology, enhance scientific and technological innovation capabilities, and provide support for promoting innovation-driven development; carry out work related to the development and application of big data and the management of government data resources in accordance with regulations, and promote the standardised management, sharing, and openness of departmental government data resources in accordance with the law.

(18) Complete other tasks assigned by the Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government, and Provincial Emergency Management Department.

Office Hours: 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM on statutory working days, 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM in the afternoon.

Office Location: 8th Floor, West Wing, Building C, Bijie Municipal Administrative Office Centre.