Fire Commissioner Shin Yeol-woo Holds First Meeting with City and Provincial Fire Headquarters Chiefs Since Inauguration

Focused Discussion on Winter Fire Damage Reduction Measures

The video conference of the heads of city and provincial headquarters for COVID-19 response held on February 21.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The National Fire Agency announced on the 19th that it will hold a nationwide fire commanders meeting on the 20th at 2 p.m., attended by 44 people including city and provincial fire chiefs and department heads from the headquarters.

This meeting is the first fire commanders meeting since Shin Yeol-woo took office as the head of the National Fire Agency, and will be conducted via video conference considering the response to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

During the meeting, the progress of safety measures for winter fire prevention will be reviewed, and discussions and suggestions on major issues in each city and province will be received.

Daegu City will present its electric vehicle fire safety measures, Gwangju City will introduce a 3D video simulation training system for evacuation-vulnerable facilities, Sejong City will introduce the 119 Doctor Car that saves citizens' lives, Gyeonggi Province will distribute patch-type automatic fire extinguishers for disaster-vulnerable groups, and Gangwon Province will share best practices on non-face-to-face safety management for fire-vulnerable targets, enabling other cities and provinces to actively consider implementing these initiatives.

Furthermore, discussions will be held on integrated work processing between central and local governments, solutions to the shortage of field personnel, reorganization of the standard fire service organizational structure, fire administration liability insurance, mobilization of firefighting forces for large-scale national disasters, and fire prevention measures for traditional markets.

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