And so the court established a complete system for detecting and extinguishing fires. The Maple Window Notes (Feng Chuang Xiao Du) describes how the city of Bianjing (now Kaifeng) built army patrol stations every 300 paces, with manned lookout towers up top and 100 soldiers stationed below. Equipped with rope ladders and other tools, they would quickly put out fires.
朝廷因此建立了一整套防火救災制度，《楓窗小牘》中記載，汴京每坊三百步有軍巡鋪，又於高處有望火樓，上有人探望，下有屯軍百人及索梯之類工具，每遇事發撲救，須臾便滅。