Jeon Nam-do Councilor Choi Seon-guk Supports 'Residential Fire Safety Equipment' for Fire-Vulnerable Households

Mokpo City Plans 100% Supply to 8,971 Households This Year and Over 95% Coverage in the Province by 2023

Choi Seon-guk, Jeonnam Provincial Assembly Member

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Jeollanam-do supports the installation of residential fire safety equipment (fire extinguishers and standalone smoke detectors) for fire-vulnerable households.

According to Provincial Assemblyman Choi Seon-guk on the 21st, under the current "Act on Installation, Maintenance, and Safety Management of Fire Prevention Facilities," standalone houses, multi-family houses, and row houses must be equipped with residential fire safety equipment. However, fire-vulnerable households find it difficult to install such equipment on their own.

Assemblyman Choi Seon-guk revised the "Jeollanam-do Residential Fire Safety Equipment Installation and Support Ordinance" last July to support the budget for installing residential fire safety equipment and to include near-poverty recipients along with existing basic livelihood security recipients.

Accordingly, the support project targets a total of 86,241 households, including 49,486 basic livelihood security households and 36,755 near-poverty households in Jeollanam-do. So far, 67,719 households (78.5%) have been supplied, and the goal is to achieve over 95% coverage by 2023.

In Mokpo City, 7,145 households (79.6%) were supplied by last year. This year, with 75 million KRW each from the provincial and city budgets, 8,971 households (100%) will be supplied, and the remaining budget will be used for vulnerable groups such as households with disabled members.

Assemblyman Choi stated, "Residential fire safety equipment is the most basic fire safety facility that can protect the lives of disaster-vulnerable groups from fire." He added, "We will strive to enhance the safety of residents by increasing the distribution rate of residential fire safety equipment through various support and promotion not only for disaster-vulnerable households but also for the general population."

Meanwhile, Assemblyman Choi secured the installation of hose reel emergency fire extinguishing device boxes at 21 locations including local markets (16 completed, 5 planned) to prevent fires in traditional markets vulnerable to fire, as demonstrated by the store fire at Mokpo Jungang Market last year.

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