From December 5 to 6, the 2024 Annual Science and Technology Conference of the China Fire Protection Association was held in Xi'an. The event was attended by over 500 participants, including leaders from the Ministry of Emergency Management of the People's Republic of China, the Shanxi Provincial Fire Rescue Corps, Fire Science and Technology Research Institutes of MEM, the China Certification Center for Fire Products of MEM, provincial fire protection associations, as well as experts and scholars.
In the conference, the prizes of 2024 Excellent Fire Science Popularization and Education Works were awarded. A total of 235 works were selected. Among them, the popular science comic book The Adventure of Fiery Sprite: Exploring the Mystery of Fire and the Wisdom of Ancient Chinese Fire Protection created by professor Jie Ji’s group, won the Special Excellence Award, which was only one from the 235 works.
Figure 1. Popular science comic book of “The Adventure of Fiery Sprite: Exploring the Mystery of Fire and the Wisdom of Ancient Chinese Fire Protection”
Figure 2. Award ceremony for 2024 Excellent Fire Science Popularization and Education Works and the award certificate
“The Adventure of Fiery Sprite: Exploring the Mystery of Fire and the Wisdom of Ancient Chinese Fire Protection” was inspired by Prof. Jie Ji's National Key R&D Program project of China, Fire Spreading Mechanisms and Key Technologies for Fire Risk Assessment and Forewarning of Heritage Buildings, in an effort to convey scientific research findings on fires in heritage buildings to the public. It includes over 100 knowledge points and historical allusions, covering topics such as firefighting measures, fire prevention strategies, building structures, and the latest scientific research findings in fire science. Additionally, it won “Dianzan•2024 Popular Science Anhui” popular science book prize from Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Association.
