Gyeonggi Fire Department Operates Volunteer Team to Support Installation of Fire Safety Equipment for Disaster-Vulnerable Households

Cho Sun-ho, head of the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, is directly installing fire safety equipment at a disaster-vulnerable household in Suwon on the 26th.

Gyeonggi Fire Department operates a volunteer team for installing fire safety equipment in homes to support vulnerable groups.

The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters announced on the 29th that they will install fire alarms and fire extinguishers in 1,585 households vulnerable to disasters within the province. They have formed a 'Home Fire Safety Equipment Installation Volunteer Team' consisting of headquarters staff and administrative personnel from frontline fire stations, which will operate until next month.

The current "Act on the Installation and Management of Firefighting Facilities" mandates that all general residences (single-family, multi-family, and row houses) must have home fire safety equipment installed since February 2017.

The Fire and Disaster Headquarters aims to install equipment in all 334,000 vulnerable households in the province and had completed installations in 270,000 households as of the end of last year.

Jo Sun-ho, head of the Gyeonggi Fire and Disaster Headquarters, emphasized, "To prevent fire damage, it is important to quickly detect and alert fire occurrences with fire alarms and to install fire extinguishers for early fire suppression." He added, "We will accelerate the installation of home fire safety equipment in vulnerable households to prevent tragic damages."

Earlier, on the 26th, Head Jo visited three homes of vulnerable groups in Suwon to install home fire safety equipment and provided education on the importance of fire safety facilities.

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