Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Fire Protection Law.
Article 2 The fire control work shall follow the principle of putting prevention first and combining prevention with elimination, and implement the responsibility system for fire control safety and establish and improve the socialized fire control network in accordance with the principles of unified leadership of the government, legal supervision of departments, overall responsibility of units and active participation of citizens.
Article 5 All units and individuals have the obligation to maintain fire control safety, protect fire control facilities, prevent fires and report fire accidents. All units and adults have the obligation to participate in organized fire fighting.
Article 6 People's governments at all levels shall organize and carry out regular fire prevention publicity and education to raise citizens' awareness of fire safety. Organs, organizations, enterprises, institutions and other units shall strengthen the publicity and education on fire control of their own personnel. Emergency management departments and fire rescue agencies should strengthen the publicity of fire laws and regulations, supervise, guide and assist relevant units to do a good job in fire publicity and education. Education, human resources administrative departments, schools and relevant vocational training institutions should incorporate fire control knowledge into education, teaching and training. News, radio, television and other relevant units should carry out fire prevention publicity and education for the society. Trade unions, the Communist Youth League, women's federations and other organizations shall, in light of the characteristics of their respective working objects, organize fire prevention publicity and education. Villagers' committees and residents' committees shall assist the people's governments, public security organs, emergency management departments and other departments to strengthen fire prevention publicity and education.