Seoul City and Jurisdictional Fire Stations Conduct Joint Safety Inspection of Han River Water Facilities

Safety Inspection of Water Facilities Including Jurisdictional Fire Stations and Excursion Boat Docks
Verification of Life-Saving Equipment and Personnel Deployment at Each Facility...Inspection of Fire Safety Management Status

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government Hangang Project Headquarters announced on the 13th that it has completed a joint safety inspection of Hangang water facilities with the local fire stations in May in preparation for the summer season.

The Hangang Project Headquarters conducts regular safety inspections of water facilities once a month, and in May, ahead of the peak water leisure season, it completed a focused inspection in cooperation with the fire stations responsible for each Hangang Park.

The inspection targets included 26 private water facilities, 6 cruise ships, and 14 water leisure businesses, thoroughly checking overall safety management including fire accident safety inspections.

For piers, they checked whether safety inspections were conducted, the placement and operation status of firefighting facilities and lifesaving equipment, and for vessels such as cruise ships, they thoroughly examined license registration details, safety inspection status, the presence of lifesaving equipment, and management of entry and exit records.

Through this joint inspection, 20 minor issues such as obstruction of emergency passageways at water facilities were detected and immediately corrected on site, and 62 cases requiring repair or reinforcement, such as damaged lifebuoys left unattended and non-operating gas shutoff devices, were subject to improvement orders.

The headquarters plans to continue regular monthly inspections of water facilities and will promote a national safety diagnosis jointly with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in October. Additionally, from May to October, joint crackdowns will be conducted monthly with the Coast Guard targeting water leisure participants to foster a healthy water leisure culture.

Yoon Jong-jang, head of the Seoul Hangang Project Headquarters, said, “We are conducting thorough and meticulous inspections so that everyone visiting Hangang Park, a water leisure hotspot in the city, can have a safe and enjoyable summer,” adding, “We will continue efforts to make Hangang Park a place that people can always trust and visit.”

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