'Preventing Bigger Fires'... Gyeonggi Fire Department Repeatedly Detects 'Regulation Violations' at Fire Scenes

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters is achieving significant results by continuously detecting violations of various laws and regulations, not only fire laws, at fire scenes.

According to the Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters on the 5th, the number of legal violation crackdowns at fire scenes in the province during the first half of this year (January to June) was 215 cases, an increase of 9.7% (19 cases) compared to the same period last year (196 cases).

Among these, the Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters notified related agencies of 186 cases (86.5%), imposed fines on 26 cases, and filed charges in 3 cases.

Looking at the crackdown status by law, violations of the Industrial Safety and Health Act were the most frequent with 69 cases, followed by ▲violations of the Building Act (53 cases) ▲violations of the Waste Management Act (48 cases) ▲violations of fire-related laws (30 cases).

In an actual detected case, the Hwaseong Fire Station confirmed additional unauthorized hazardous materials after extinguishing a fire at a factory in Yanggam-myeon, Hwaseong City on May 17. At that time, the hazardous materials were supposed to be permitted by the jurisdictional fire station but were found not to have been permitted. The Hwaseong Fire Station filed charges against the factory representative for violating the 'Hazardous Materials Safety Control Act' for storing hazardous materials more than 74 times the designated quantity stipulated by law.

Earlier, on April 20, after extinguishing a fire at a new construction site of a neighborhood living facility in Gimpo, careless welding was confirmed. The fire authorities notified the Ministry of Employment and Labor of the building owner for violating the 'Industrial Safety and Health Act.'

A representative of the Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters said, "Violations of the Building Act and the Industrial Safety and Health Act are on the rise," adding, "We will continue to crack down on legal violations at fire scenes to prevent fires and strictly punish illegal activities."

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