Gwangju Fire Headquarters Detects Fire Safety Violations at 4 Large Construction Sites

Measures Taken Including 7 Criminal Charges and 3 Fines Imposed

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Gwangju Metropolitan City Fire Safety Headquarters announced on the 1st that it conducted a planned investigation into violations of the separate ordering of fire facility construction at 10 large construction sites in the jurisdiction and detected violations at 4 sites.

This planned investigation was carried out in relation to the introduction of the ‘Mandatory Separate Ordering System for Fire Facility Construction’ under the Fire Facility Construction Business Act, which has been in effect since September last year. It was conducted over six weeks from April to check compliance with the law at fire facility construction sites and fire facility companies.

Although it was expected that the problem of poor-quality construction due to low-price subcontracting would improve under the revised law, the need to verify legal compliance has been continuously raised due to subcontracting practices at actual fire facility construction sites.

Accordingly, the Gwangju Fire Headquarters conducted unannounced planned investigations from April and detected 4 construction sites violating related laws. Three related companies including construction companies and four individuals were criminally charged, and fines will be imposed on the three companies.

Major violations include cases where the building owner collectively subcontracted to a general construction company without a fire construction license, violating related laws, and cases where a general construction company received fire facility construction orders without a fire license and operated without registration.

Kim Youngdon, Director of the Fire Prevention Division, said, “With the introduction of the mandatory separate ordering system for fire facility construction, low-price subcontracting construction will disappear, and the quality of fire facilities is expected to improve. We will continue to conduct crackdowns and do our best to ensure the system is established early through promotion.”

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