"Safer as You Learn"... Fire Agency Expands 119 Safety Education

Education Goal of Over 5.95 Million, 10% More Than Last Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] The National Fire Agency announced on the 24th that this year, under the slogan "119 Safety Education! The more anyone learns, the safer we become," it will expand 119 safety education through the activation of safety education and infrastructure expansion.

119 safety education consists of fire safety, daily safety, disaster safety, and first aid methods. Anyone can receive education at fire safety experience centers (13 locations), fire station safety experience classrooms (82 locations), and 119 safety experience vehicles (56 units).

The National Fire Agency has continuously conducted 119 safety education in a non-face-to-face manner even during the COVID-19 period, and this year aims to educate more than 5.95 million people, which is 10% more than about 5.4 million people last year.

The main contents of this year’s 119 safety education include ▲education methods segmented by age group ▲non-face-to-face experiential education using metaverse virtual spaces ▲expansion of fire safety experience centers and fire station safety education. While youth education in 119 safety education was focused on career experience education and education for the disabled was focused on first aid education, from this year, the education will be segmented by age group using methods with high educational effectiveness, and non-face-to-face experiential education using metaverse virtual spaces will be conducted in parallel to enhance educational effectiveness.

In addition, five fire safety experience centers will be sequentially expanded by 2027, and safety classrooms will be additionally installed in five fire stations in Incheon, Gyeonggi, and Chungnam to expand educational infrastructure. Furthermore, education will be expanded in connection with public-private cooperation and key facilities such as welfare facilities for the disabled and the elderly.

Hwang Gisuk, Director of Fire Prevention at the National Fire Agency, said, “119 safety education is a very important survival chain education that not only protects one’s own life but also develops the ability to save others.” He added, “We hope for the active interest and participation of the public so that the wave of education that started with one person can spread throughout the Republic of Korea.”

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