HiteJinro Donates Fire Safety Equipment... Launches Wildfire Prevention Activities

Sprinkler Installation for Households Using 'Hwamak Boiler', a Major Cause of Wildfires
Support for 1,000 Households in 7 Cities and Counties Including Gangwon Fire Headquarters and Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon Province

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] HiteJinro announced on the 31st that it will donate fire safety facilities to households vulnerable to fires in mountainous areas of Gangwon Province and engage in wildfire prevention activities. This is a new collaborative project with the National Fire Agency following the National Safety Campaign that HiteJinro is undertaking this year.

HiteJinro will support the installation of 'simple sprinklers' in households using wood-fired boilers, a major cause of wildfires. This support activity is conducted in cooperation with the Gangwon Fire Headquarters and the Korea Veterans Firefighters Association, targeting approximately 1,020 households using wood-fired boilers in seven cities and counties of Gangwon Province, including Hongcheon-gun, where HiteJinro’s beer factory is located.

On the 31st at 10 a.m., HiteJinro held a handover ceremony for the ‘Forest Fire Prevention Fire Safety Facility Support Project’ at the Hongcheon Fire Station in Hongcheon-gun, Gangwon Province. Fourteen officials attended the event, including Kim Seong-gon, head of HiteJinro’s Gangwon Factory; Kim Chung-sik, head of the Gangwon Fire Headquarters; and So Gi-woong, chief of the Hongcheon Fire Station. After the ceremony, the officials also visited a site in Hongcheon-gun where a ‘simple sprinkler’ was installed in a household using a wood-fired boiler.

HiteJinro supported sprinkler installation targeting households adjacent to forests, including basic livelihood security recipients, elderly living alone, and disabled households. The wildfire that occurred in Goseong-gun in May last year also started from a wood-fired boiler household, and there have been a total of 185 wood-fired boiler fires in the past five years, highlighting the urgent need to install fire safety facilities for fire-vulnerable groups.

Kim In-gyu, CEO of HiteJinro, said, “Upon hearing that fires repeatedly occur every year in households using wood-fired boilers, we decided to carry out this wildfire prevention support project,” adding, “We hope that this support activity will lead to wildfire prevention, protect the safety of the public, and help reduce the burden on firefighters.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.