Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Establishes Fire Detection System for Traditional Markets

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 29th that the fire alarm automatic notification system installed in six local traditional markets, including Songjeong 5-day Market, is now operating normally.

The traditional markets are Songjeong 5-day, Bia 5-day, 1913 Songjeong Station, Songjeong Daily, Usan Daily, and Wolgok Market.

The fire alarm automatic notification system immediately detects a fire inside the market and automatically notifies the fire station's comprehensive control room, as well as informing store owners and merchant associations via text messages and phone calls.

Gwangsan-gu invested 296 million KRW in December last year to install facilities such as smoke detectors and heat detectors in 370 stores across the six traditional markets to detect and alert fire signs.

Along with this, over the past three months, they have identified false alarms caused by non-fire events being recognized as fires and improved the accuracy of the devices by adjusting the locations of detectors in stores.

Gwangsan-gu, Gwangsan Fire Station, and each market's merchant association conducted a joint inspection on the 23rd to finally confirm the normal operation of the fire alarm automatic notification system.

A Gwangsan-gu official said, “We have secured the golden time to respond quickly and appropriately in case of fire,” adding, “We will work with the fire station and merchant associations to ensure the traditional markets are safe from fire through prevention efforts.”

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