Gyeonggi Fire Department Conducts 'Planned Crackdown' on 536 Hazardous Materials Handling Sites
The inspection team of the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters is conducting an inspection of hazardous materials handling businesses.
View original image[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters will conduct an emergency inspection of businesses handling explosive hazardous materials in the province until the end of this year.
The Fire and Disaster Headquarters announced on the 11th that, following a fatal explosion accident at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Hwaseong, it will carry out a planned crackdown on 536 businesses handling explosive hazardous materials in the province by the end of December.
To this end, the headquarters formed inspection teams consisting of 37 groups (74 personnel) from the headquarters and frontline fire stations.
The main inspection items include ▲ compliance with installation permits and storage handling standards for hazardous material manufacturing sites ▲ verification of safety management and supervision by hazardous material safety managers ▲ crackdown on unauthorized hazardous materials through investigation of distribution routes of explosive hazardous materials.
Under the current "Hazardous Materials Safety Control Act," storing hazardous materials exceeding the designated quantity in places other than storage facilities or handling them in places other than manufacturing sites is punishable by up to 3 years imprisonment or a fine of up to 30 million won. Installing manufacturing sites without permits is punishable by up to 5 years imprisonment or a fine of up to 100 million won.
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Nam Hwa-young, head of the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, emphasized, "Hazardous materials stored without adhering to safety standards can lead to large-scale fires, so the relevant parties need to pay special attention and caution," adding, "We will strictly take action according to the law against storing or handling unauthorized hazardous materials to ensure the safety of residents."
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