Gwangju Nambu Fire Station, On-Site Guidance for Fire Prevention at Namgwangju Power Cable Tunnel

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The Gwangju Southern Fire Station recently visited the Namgwangju Power Vault located in Jinwol-dong, Nam-gu, and conducted an on-site inspection of key facilities, the station announced on the 13th.

The on-site inspection was organized to enhance the safety awareness of related personnel and to eliminate risk factors in advance to prevent large-scale fires.

The underground power vault is a special fire safety management facility with a narrow entrance, and the power cables are covered with polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride sheathing, making fire suppression difficult due to toxic gases such as carbon monoxide in case of fire, posing a high risk of leading to a major disaster.

Accordingly, the inspection focused on safety management matters including ▲checking the maintenance and operational status of fire prevention facilities such as underground tunnel combustion prevention equipment ▲confirming initial response and countermeasures in case of fire ▲verifying the implementation status of fire safety manager duties.

Lee Jeong-ja, head of the Southern Fire Station, said, “Due to the special nature of the power vault as a confined underground space, it is difficult for on-site personnel to operate during a fire, so fire prevention is of utmost importance,” and urged, “We ask related personnel to maintain autonomous safety management and continuous interest.”

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