Nowon-gu Supports Safety Home Sets & Emergency Bells for Women Living Alone and Stores

‘Safe Home 3-Piece Set (CCTV, Portable Emergency Bell, Auxiliary Door Key)’ for Single Women Households... ‘Safe Store Wireless Emergency Bell’ for Single Women Store Owners That Calls 112 Emergency When Pressed

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Nowon-gu (District Mayor Oh Seung-rok) is promoting a project to support Safe Home Sets and emergency bells for safe stores to prevent crimes targeting single-woman households (stores).

Recently, social anxiety over crimes vulnerable to women such as stalking and home intrusion has been rising, and this is to build a more thorough social safety net especially for single-person households that are more exposed to crime.

First, there is the ‘Safe Home 3-piece Set’ for single-woman households.

The support items include ▲a home ‘CCTV’ that can detect external intrusion and movement ▲a ‘portable emergency bell’ that, when pulled in an emergency, sounds an alarm and sends a text message to the police (112) and acquaintances ▲a ‘door auxiliary key’ that prevents the door from fully opening even if the door lock is unlocked.

Among single-woman households, residents of rental housing with a monthly rent deposit of 200 million KRW or less (including rental apartments) are eligible, while general apartment residents and homeowners are excluded from this project.

A ‘Wireless Emergency Bell Installation Support’ project for single-woman stores will also be carried out. This project installs an emergency bell using the store’s internet network. When the bell is pressed in an emergency, the situation is transmitted to the District Office CCTV Control Center and the police, enabling immediate dispatch to the scene. Any operator of a single-woman store can apply.

The application deadline is July 31, and 80 households will be selected for the Safe Home Set, and 8 stores for the emergency bell installation. Final selection will be made through on-site inspection and review among applicants (stores), and the results will be individually notified on August 15.

To apply, download the application form from the district office website and submit the application form, lease contract, resident registration certificate, etc. by email (safehome2021@naver.com).

For more details, contact the District Office Women and Family Division or the Nowon-gu Women’s Association.

The district plans to actively cooperate by preparing various measures to prevent crimes against women through a public-private cooperation system with the Nowon-gu Women’s Association and the Seoul Nowon Police Station.

Meanwhile, the district is promoting various projects so that women can live safely. In particular, the non-face-to-face women’s safe delivery lockers have seen increased use due to COVID-19. They are available free of charge 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at 9 convenient locations such as Sanggye Station Bicycle Rental Center and Wolgye Police Center. The district plans to install 5 more locations this year to improve accessibility.

Also, the personal safety app ‘Ansim-i’ responsible for night safety is receiving great response. It includes various functions such as ‘Safe Return Scout’ that accompanies users home if requested 30 minutes before arrival, ‘Emergency Report’ where pressing the emergency button dispatches the police, and ‘Safe Return Monitoring’ that notifies guardians of arrival time when departure and destination are entered.

District Mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “I hope to strengthen the security of my home and my store, which should be the safest, through the Safe Home Set and emergency bell installation,” and added, “We will continue to focus more on women’s safety policies so that women can live with peace of mind.”

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