"Put Out Livestock Barn Fires" Jeonbuk Fire Department's 'Full-Scale Response'

Operation of Intensive Prevention Inspection Period Until the End of May

The Jeonbuk Fire Headquarters (Chief Jun Nak-dong) plans to operate a focused inspection period for livestock barn facilities from the 20th of this month until the end of May, dedicating all efforts to preventing barn fires.

According to Jeonbuk Fire on the 16th, the frequency of fires in livestock barns such as chicken coops and pigsties has been increasing recently.

Earlier that morning, a fire broke out at a pigsty in Taein-myeon, Jeongeup-si, resulting in the death of a total of 1,500 pigs, including 800 fattening pigs and 250 pregnant sows. Five out of ten pigsty buildings were completely burned, causing significant damage estimated at around 1.23 billion KRW.

In response, Jeonbuk Fire plans to conduct fire safety inspections of livestock barn facilities during the focused inspection period, checking the maintenance and management status of fire protection equipment installed in the barns. They will also verify whether the duties of related personnel and fire safety managers are being properly performed. Special emphasis will be placed on inspecting and improving electrical facility safety management.

Additionally, fire prevention mobile patrols and on-site adaptation training will be conducted. Alongside wildfire prevention patrols, patrols will be intensified for large or aging livestock barn facilities, and during patrols, fire prevention announcements will be broadcasted and fire-vulnerable factors inside or around the barns will be removed. Pre-verification of dispatch routes and simulated fire scenarios will also be part of the on-site adaptation training.

Furthermore, safety education and publicity for fire prevention at livestock farms will be conducted both face-to-face and non-face-to-face. The 119 Safety Center chiefs will take the lead in visiting livestock barn facilities. Fire safety management notices and self-inspection checklists will be distributed. In particular, fire prevention leaflets including recent incident cases, major causes of barn fires, and safety management reminders will be produced and distributed, with a focus on intensive safety education.

Moreover, through on-site inspections and guidance by fire station chiefs, recent barn fire cases will be disseminated, and safety measures for prevention will be implemented, focusing on large or aging livestock barn facilities.

Meanwhile, there are 13,078 livestock barn facilities in the Jeonbuk region. Over the past five years, there have been a total of 269 barn fires, resulting in 5 injuries and property damage amounting to approximately 16.1 billion KRW. The causes of these fires include electrical factors (108 cases), negligence (72 cases), and mechanical factors (20 cases). The scale of damage is ranked as follows: pigsties with about 9.3 billion KRW, chicken coops with about 6.5 billion KRW, and cattle barns with about 200 million KRW. When examining fire occurrences by season, fires are concentrated in spring and winter, while the frequency is relatively low in autumn.

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