'Prevent a Second Daejeon Outlet Disaster'... Gyeonggi-do Fire Department Conducts 'Special Fire Safety Inspections' at Large Stores

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters will conduct on-site consulting (interactive Q&A) and special fire inspections at large-scale store facilities, led by fire station chiefs, in relation to the recent fire accident at Daejeon Hyundai Outlet.

The Fire and Disaster Headquarters announced on the 28th that by the 14th of next month, fire station chiefs will directly visit 91 large-scale stores in the province, including department stores (17 locations), complex shopping malls (13 locations), shopping centers (43 locations), and specialty stores (18 locations), to identify fire risk factors and provide on-site guidance if deficiencies are found.

The main risk factor inspection items include ▲ maintaining the normal operation status of fire facilities such as sprinklers at all times ▲ maintaining and managing smoke control equipment, fire prevention facilities for evacuation, and fire compartments by floor and usage ▲ strengthening the roles of related personnel such as fire safety managers for initial human evacuation ▲ providing evacuation safety information to workers and customers.

Since the appointment of Nam Hwa-young as the head of the Fire and Disaster Headquarters in July, fire station chiefs have been conducting on-site inspections called interactive Q&A, directly identifying problems and solutions at the scene to reflect them in fire safety policies. Accordingly, all fire station chiefs have conducted on-site inspections of fire safety vulnerable targets at least once a week.

Nam Hwa-young, head of the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, emphasized, "We will thoroughly identify risk factors in large-scale store facilities and share fire case examples with related parties to do our best to prevent large-scale fires," and added, "We will strictly punish illegal fire safety acts detected through special fire inspections."

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