Busan City Joint Inspection of Gas Supply Facilities in Winter

Safety Inspection for Gas Supply Facilities, Multi-use Facilities, and Vulnerable Groups

Busan City Hall exterior view. (Photo by Busan City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Yoseop] Busan City announced on the 6th that it will conduct a joint safety inspection of 15,630 major gas facilities by the end of next month.

The city will form 16 joint inspection teams with district and county offices, the Korea Gas Safety Corporation, and gas suppliers to focus on safety management inspections of major gas facilities such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales outlets and filling stations, compressed natural gas (CNG) filling stations, and district energy facilities.

The inspection items include ▲ compliance with safety management regulations by gas filling and sales operators ▲ operation status of safety devices such as alarms and management status of equipment including boilers, piping, and containers ▲ compliance with supplier obligations such as consumer equipment inspections ▲ securing emergency contact networks and whether safety managers are on duty at all times.

Busan City plans to eliminate safety hazards in major gas supply, filling, and usage facilities through this inspection and emphasize the obligations of fuel suppliers. It also plans to strengthen publicity such as public gas safety usage campaigns.

Nam Jeong-eun, Director of the Clean Energy Industry Division of Busan City, said, “We will strengthen safety inspections in line with the increased gas usage during the winter season such as the Lunar New Year holiday,” and urged, “We ask citizens to take great interest in preventing safety accidents related to gas use and to actively cooperate.”

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