KT Launches Fire Safety Facility and Rooftop Emergency Door Safety Services

Fire Protection System Safety (FPS24) Service.

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] KT announced on the 7th that it will provide two types of fire safety services?Fire Protection System Safety and Rooftop Emergency Exit Safety?as the first outcome of its digital transformation (DX) in fire safety services.

The Fire Protection System Safety (FPS24) service links with a building’s fire alarm panel to provide real-time 24-hour information on the status of fire equipment and fire detection to the building’s fire safety manager. The Rooftop Emergency Exit Safety (SEE 24) service installs automatic open/close devices on emergency doors installed on rooftops, enabling rapid opening of emergency exits in critical situations.

This service aims to minimize both property damage and human casualties in emergencies such as large fires. The Fire Protection System Safety service allows 24-hour fire monitoring and real-time response. The Rooftop Emergency Exit Safety service keeps emergency doors closed under normal circumstances to prevent crimes and suicides, but enables quick opening during fires.

Based on Korea’s top-tier communication network, KT possesses differentiated technology and expertise in fire safety, including platform operation, 24-hour real-time monitoring via control centers, and server integration with public institutions such as police and fire departments. In fact, KT has prevented large fires in traditional markets in Daejeon Metropolitan City and Pyeongtaek City, Gyeonggi Province, using its smart fire alarm system ‘SafeMate.’

SafeMate, provided by KT based on patented technology, is a fire safety service that detects fires early through flames, smoke, and temperature. Since 2008, it has contributed to reducing fire damage nationwide in traditional markets, underground shopping centers, cultural heritage sites, temples, universities, and national facilities over 13 years.

Additionally, KT is currently developing a ‘Comprehensive Fire Safety Platform’ and is in discussions with companies to apply it to large domestic logistics centers. If KT’s Comprehensive Fire Safety Platform is applied to large logistics centers, it is expected to contribute to preventing and minimizing damage from large fires, which have been a social issue. The platform will be combined with fire equipment from Johnson Controls Korea and applied to the remodeling of KT Gwanghwamun Building West in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

KT is also focusing on improving air quality alongside fire safety as part of its digital transformation in living environments. Through the KT AirMap service, it helps respond to fine dust and ultrafine dust and provides air quality improvement services based on data.

KT has already made fine dust information collected from over 2,200 air quality measurement devices available on the portal site Naver, allowing the public to check fine dust levels. It also provides space-customized air quality improvement services for office buildings, multi-use facilities, and residential facilities. KT’s air quality improvement services consist of AI ventilation systems, AI oxygen generation systems, and AI air showers, with an experience zone set up at the KT Songpa Building in Songpa-gu, Seoul.

Im Chaehwan, Executive Director of KT AI·DX Platform Business Division, said, “KT is accelerating digital transformation in the environmental and safety industries, such as fire detection and air quality measurement, based on ABC (Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud) capabilities. Going forward, KT will actively utilize its platform capabilities to practice ESG management and further accelerate digital transformation in living environments so that all citizens can live safely and comfortably.”

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