Gwangju Gwangsan Fire Station Resumes 'Fire Safety Information Survey'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju Gwangsan Fire Station (Chief Moon Gisik) announced on the 20th that it has resumed the fire safety information survey, which was temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 situation.

The fire safety information survey is a nationwide government project to build a database by investigating 52 items in four areas including building overview, status of fire-fighting facilities, user characteristics, factors of fire spread, and surrounding road conditions for 6,227 buildings in the jurisdiction over two years until next year.

In particular, following the Icheon logistics warehouse fire, to prevent similar accidents, the fire safety information survey will be prioritized for 105 warehouse facilities, and for multi-use facilities where an unspecified large number of people gather, the survey will be conducted flexibly with sufficient time considering the trend of COVID-19 infection spread.

The surveyed data will be used for safe on-site activities of firefighters such as fire suppression and rescue, and for discovering improvement tasks in vulnerable areas of fire safety management and establishing fire safety standards tailored to user characteristics.

Chief Moon Gisik said, “Active interest and participation of citizens are necessary for a substantial information survey to secure safe spaces for the public from fire.”

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