Gyeonggi Fire Department Creates Standard Design for 'No Parking or Stopping at Fire Water Facilities' Signs...Nation's First

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters will introduce the first-ever nationwide standard design for signs prohibiting parking and stopping around fire water facilities such as fire hydrants.

The Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters announced on the 23rd that it has completed the production of two types of standard design signs prohibiting parking and stopping around fire water facilities, using the Gyeonggi-do representative brand: above-ground fire water and underground (manhole) fire water facilities.

The new signs include wording that prohibits parking and stopping around fire water facilities and incorporate the Gyeonggi-do representative brand. To protect pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, the height of the fire hydrant horizontal bar has been raised from the existing 100 cm to 210 cm.

The Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters expects that with the production of these standard design signs prohibiting parking and stopping around fire water facilities, it will not only protect pedestrians and other vulnerable road users but also make it easier to secure fire access routes by expanding the eradication of illegal parking and stopping.

The Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters plans to produce a standard design for fire hydrant valves (valves that control water flow) in the future. When completed, this will finalize the three major standard designs related to fire hydrants: fire water facility signs, fire hydrant guards, and fire hydrant valves.

There have been concerns that fire hydrant valves are difficult to distinguish because their design is identical to residential water supply valves.

Earlier in October, the Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters developed a unified design for fire hydrant guards, which had been operated inconsistently across the province.

Kwon Yong-seong, Head of Disaster Response at the Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters, said, "We created the standard design for no parking and stopping signs to harmonize with urban aesthetics, protect pedestrians, and remove obstacles to firefighting activities." He added, "Next year, we will expand the installation of signs applying the standard design in consultation with all fire stations under our jurisdiction and the cities and counties of Gyeonggi-do."

Meanwhile, the current Road Traffic Act (Article 32) stipulates that if a vehicle is caught parking or stopping within 5 meters of fire water facilities such as fire hydrants, a fine of 80,000 KRW (for passenger cars) will be imposed. This is twice as expensive as the general parking and stopping fine.

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