Volunteer Firefighters Install 'Fire Detectors' in Mountain Village at 700m Altitude Without Electricity or Water

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Volunteer firefighters from the Jeonbuk Fire Headquarters visited a remote mountain village at an altitude of 700m to install fire alarms and provide fire extinguishers as part of fire prevention activities.

According to the Fire Agency on the 26th, volunteer firefighters Choi Kyung-ja (59) and Kim Myung-ok (61) from Dongsang-myeon, Jeonbuk Fire Headquarters, upon hearing about Bam Mok Village, located on a narrow access road halfway up the mountain, judged that it would be very dangerous in case of fire or other disasters. They visited Bam Mok Village in person to install fire alarms and provide fire extinguishers as part of fire prevention efforts.

Bam Mok Village, located on the foothills of Seongbong Mountain in Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, had seven households until the early 1980s. However, due to the lack of electricity and water supply, residents who found living inconvenient gradually left, and currently, six people in four households reside there.

The volunteer firefighters who met with the residents explained that due to the village’s geographical characteristics, emergency vehicles would have difficulty arriving quickly, making early fire extinguishing and rapid evacuation very important. They installed fire alarms and provided fire extinguishers in each household and educated residents on how to operate fire extinguishers and report emergencies to enable early response.

Resident Im, from Bam Mok Village, said, “Recently, while lighting a fire in the stove, the stacked wood caught fire, almost leading to a major fire. I felt the need for a fire extinguisher, and I am very grateful to the two volunteer firefighters who delivered the extinguisher just in time.”

Volunteer firefighters Choi Kyung-ja and Kim Myung-ok, who visited the village, said, “Fire extinguishers and fire alarms are the minimum safety facilities that protect our family’s lives. We will do our best to install residential fire safety equipment wherever it is needed and widely promote safety.”

Meanwhile, the Fire Agency is conducting a nationwide public campaign called 'Housing Safety Enhancement 2580' to ensure that over 80% of homes nationwide are equipped with residential fire safety facilities by 2025, as the country enters a super-aged society. In particular, for vulnerable groups such as basic livelihood security recipients, the agency aims to supply residential fire safety facilities to 1.13 million households (100%) by 2022 and to carry out follow-up management such as operational status checks thereafter.

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