Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters Conducts Fire Safety Inspections at 240 Locations Including Nursing Hospitals

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters will conduct an emergency fire safety inspection targeting nursing hospitals and other facilities within the province.

The Fire and Disaster Headquarters announced on the 5th that from the 7th of this month until the end of November, it will carry out intensive fire safety patrol crackdowns on 240 facilities used by vulnerable evacuees, including nursing hospitals, residential facilities for the disabled, and elderly medical welfare facilities within the province.

This measure is a safety prevention enhancement following last month's fire in Icheon, which resulted in multiple deaths at a hemodialysis clinic.

During this crackdown, the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters will focus on inspecting the three major illegal acts at facilities used by vulnerable evacuees in the Gyeonggi area, such as nursing hospitals, elderly medical welfare facilities, residential facilities for the disabled, and mental health facilities: ▲blocking of emergency exits ▲obstruction of fire safety equipment ▲illegal parking. They will also conduct guidance on fire evacuation and securing evacuation routes, along with safety education.

The Fire and Disaster Headquarters will deploy 72 fire patrol officers in 24 teams for this intensive crackdown.

Nam Hwa-young, head of the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, emphasized, "To change the chronic practice of ignoring safety and the social atmosphere of safety indifference, we will punish without tolerance and without guidance whenever illegal acts are detected."

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