179 Individuals in Northern Gyeonggi Prosecuted Last Year for Violating Fire Safety Laws

Violation of Fire Safety Facilities Act 49.5%... Neglect in Inspection and Maintenance of Fire Safety Facilities

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] Among the violations of the Fire Services Act detected in the northern Gyeonggi region last year, negligence in the inspection and maintenance of fire facilities accounted for about half of the total detected cases.

The Gyeonggi Northern Fire and Disaster Headquarters announced on the 12th, "Last year, we investigated 109 illegal acts that endangered fire safety in the northern Gyeonggi area and referred 179 offenders who violated the Fire Services Act to the prosecution."

According to the Northern Fire Headquarters, from January to December last year, investigations into violations of fire-related laws revealed 54 cases of violations of the 'Fire Facilities Act,' such as negligence in the maintenance and management of fire facilities, accounting for about half (49.5%) of the total.

Among these, there were 18 cases where self-inspections of fire facilities were not conducted, 17 cases where fire safety managers were not appointed, and 10 cases where orders for improvement and supplementary measures were not implemented.

Most of these cases were detected because the owners or related parties of the fire facilities did not properly inspect and maintain the fire facilities.

In addition, violations of the 'Hazardous Materials Safety Control Act' accounted for 32 cases (29.4%), followed by violations of the 'Fire Facilities Construction Business Act' with 12 cases (11%), and violations of the 'Basic Fire Services Act' with 11 cases (10.1%).

The Northern Fire Headquarters has been operating a 'Fire Investigation Team' since 2019, which is responsible for investigation tasks such as case referrals for each of the 11 fire stations in northern Gyeonggi.

Im Won-seop, head of the Northern Fire and Disaster Headquarters, stated, "We plan to thoroughly investigate and strictly punish offenders who violate the Fire Services Act, which is directly related to the lives of residents."

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