Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters Aims to Reduce Annual Fire Accident Mortality Rate by 2%

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters will aggressively promote fire safety policies aiming to reduce the fire accident fatality rate by 2% annually over the next five years starting next year.

According to the 2nd Basic Plan for Fire Safety Policy (2022-2026), the Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters announced on the 28th that it has prepared the "2022 Fire Safety Policy Implementation Plan" to be implemented from next year.

The biggest feature of this project plan is its goal to reduce the fire accident fatality rate by a total of 10% over the next five years, decreasing by 2% each year.

To achieve this, the Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters has established five major strategies and 26 key tasks, including ▲thorough preemptive safety management measures ▲advancement of hazardous materials safety management ▲focused safety inspections on fire-vulnerable facilities ▲strict crackdowns on illegal activities ▲fire safety education and publicity for residents.

Looking at the detailed tasks, they will implement thorough preemptive fire safety measures targeting multiple human casualty risk factors and by time and season. They will also strengthen accident prevention activities for vulnerable facilities such as large hazardous materials sites and closed or suspended businesses.

Additionally, autonomous safety management through special fire inspections, crackdowns on three major illegal acts, fire safety patrols, and operation of a reward system for emergency exit reporting will also be implemented.

In particular, they will strengthen planned crackdowns to eradicate illegal acts by encouraging voluntary correction of violations of fire-related laws that threaten residents' safety and strictly punishing offenders when detected. Changes in fire safety education methods after COVID-19 and expanded fire prevention education and publicity activities will also be carried out.

Choi Byung-il, head of the Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters, emphasized, "Through the fire safety implementation plan, we plan to drastically reduce the fire accident fatality rate," adding, "We will also request various fire safety system improvements from the central government and the National Assembly to do our best in making Gyeonggi-do a safe place."

Meanwhile, the average annual number of fire fatalities in Gyeonggi-do over the past five years (2016-2020) was 74.

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