Seoul City Conducts Home Safety Facility Visits and Maintenance for Vulnerable Households

Support for Over 24,000 Households This Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 23rd that it will promote safety inspections and maintenance projects for aging living facilities of safety-vulnerable households such as basic livelihood security recipients, lower-income groups, people with disabilities, and the elderly.

This year, a total of 1.513 billion KRW will be invested, and from March to the end of November, inspections and maintenance will be conducted by visiting about 24,000 households. Safety inspections will be carried out focusing on electricity, fire safety, gas, and boiler fields for facilities with a high possibility of disasters and accidents. If repairs are needed or aging parts are found, immediate repairs or replacements will be made.

The inspection and maintenance fields include all areas where disasters and accidents may occur, such as electricity (outlets, circuit breakers, indoor wiring), gas (gas timers, gas pipes, valves, etc.), fire safety (fire detectors, alarms, spray-type and throwable fire extinguishers, rescue equipment, etc.), and boilers (boiler flue and valve maintenance). After safety inspections, maintenance or replacement will be carried out, and safety supplies will be provided.

Inquiries and applications are accepted at the local community service centers, and after conducting on-site investigations, households eligible for support are selected through the district office selection committee.

The ‘Safety Welfare Consulting Team,’ composed of experts in electricity and gas, social workers from ‘Chat-dong,’ public officials, and volunteers, visits the sites to conduct inspections and maintenance.

In particular, each autonomous district aims to select local small businesses as project implementers as much as possible to revitalize the local economy, which has been depressed due to COVID-19, and to establish a continuous A/S system.

Choi Jin-seok, Director of Safety General Office of Seoul City, said, “Since safety accidents in vulnerable households are directly related to citizens’ lives, proactive prevention is important, so we will conduct effective inspections and maintenance through experts in each field,” and added, “We will continuously pay attention and provide support so that vulnerable households, who are socially disadvantaged, are not excluded from safety.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.