Muan Fire Station Creates Safe Environment for Foreign Workers' Residential Facilities

Muan Fire Station has strengthened fire safety management for residential facilities of foreign workers in livestock farms and agricultural industrial complexes to reduce residential fires. (Photo by Muan Fire Station)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] The Muan Fire Station in Jeonnam (Chief Park Won-guk) announced on the 14th that it has strengthened fire safety management for foreign workers' residential facilities in livestock barns and agricultural industrial complexes within its jurisdiction.

This is in response to the death of a Thai worker caused by a fire at a foreign workers' dormitory located in Hyeonsan-myeon, Haenam-gun, Jeonnam, in January, aiming to create a safe environment for foreign workers' accommodations and reduce residential fire incidents.

Accordingly, for 119 companies in 4 agricultural industrial complexes and 35 livestock barn (piggery) facilities' foreign workers' dormitories within the jurisdiction, efforts are being made to prevent fires by distributing fire facility usage guidebooks in six foreign languages, reinforcing basic fire facilities (fire extinguishers, detectors), installing visible fire extinguishers, and distributing safety inspection checklists for residential facilities and stickers on how to use fire facilities.

Park Won-guk, chief of the Muan Fire Station, said, “The vulnerable residential environment of foreign workers can lead to multiple casualties in the event of a fire,” and added, “We ask for the interest and cooperation of business stakeholders to create a safer environment.”

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