西藏地处我国西南边疆。在很长的时期内,西藏地区的政治、经济、文化都非常落后,加上高寒缺氧、地广人稀、交通不便,基本上处于封闭状态。解放前西藏的火灾比较少,主要是森林火灾,其次是西藏佛教(喇嘛教)的寺庙火灾。当时西藏的地方政府(“噶厦”)和各大寺庙均没有专职消防机构。西藏的寺庙有一个特点,大都是建在山顶或山坡上,吃水和用水都比较困难,寺庙里的喇嘛们用布袋装碱粉作为灭火剂,防 Tibet is located in the southwest border of our country. In a very long period of time, the political, economic and cultural backgrounds in Tibet are very backward. In addition, the cold and star anoxia, sparsely populated and inaccessible areas are basically closed. Before the liberation of Tibet, there were relatively few fires, mainly forest fires, followed by temple fires in Tibetan Buddhism (Lamaism). At that time, local governments in Tibet (“Gaxag”) and major temples did not have full-time fire agencies. Tibet’s temple has a characteristic, mostly built on top of a hill or hillside, water and water are more difficult, monks in temples with bagged soda as fire extinguishing agent, anti-fire