Gwangju Bukbu Fire Department, Mandatory Appointment of Fire Safety Managers at Construction Sites Guidance

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The Gwangju Northern Fire Station announced on the 14th that it will guide the mandatory appointment of fire safety managers at construction sites in accordance with the "Act on Fire Prevention and Safety Management" (hereinafter referred to as the Fire Prevention Act), which will be enforced from December 1.

From now on, when constructing, extending, remodeling, reconstructing, relocating, changing the use, or major repairing fire safety management target objects at construction sites, the construction site contractor must prepare a fire safety plan and appoint a fire safety manager who has received safety training.

Fire safety management target objects at construction sites include those subject to fire facility construction commencement notification with a total floor area of 15,000㎡ or more, or sites with a total floor area of 5,000㎡ or more that have two basement floors or 11 or more above-ground floors, or cold storage warehouses, refrigerated warehouses, or combined frozen and refrigerated warehouses.

The qualification for appointing a fire safety manager is a person who has obtained a fire safety manager certificate (any of special, level 1, 2, or 3) issued by the Korea Fire Safety Institute and has completed the fire safety manager training course for construction sites.

The construction site contractor must appoint a fire safety manager from the date of commencement notification until the building use approval date and report the appointment within 14 days from the appointment date.

A fire station official stated, "Construction site personnel who do not appoint a fire safety manager or fail to report the appointment within the period may be subject to penalties or fines," and added, "We hope that the qualification requirements for appointing a fire safety manager will be checked in advance."

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