Fire Safety Guidance and Special Inspections Conducted for Apartment Complexes in Jeonnam Province

Joint Inspection Team Comprising Firefighters, Local Governments, and Private Experts Formed

A large-scale fire safety guidance and special inspection were conducted targeting multi-family housing (apartments) in the Jeonnam region.

The special guidance inspection team, consisting of 14 members including the Jeonnam Fire Headquarters, Jeonnam Province, and private experts, inspected safety guidance for apartment officials as well as the maintenance and management status of fire-fighting, evacuation, and fire prevention facilities.

This was promoted to prevent recurrence of similar cases and to raise fire awareness following a fire at an apartment in Banghak-dong, Dobong-gu, Seoul, which caused 5 casualties (2 deaths, 3 seriously injured).

The inspection team focused on ▲ six types of fire-fighting facilities inside households (fire extinguisher, automatic diffusion fire extinguisher, sprinkler, fire detector, gas leak alarm, emergency broadcast speaker) ▲ whether fire-fighting facilities operate normally ▲ management status of evacuation spaces inside households (lightweight partitions, downward evacuation ladders) ▲ initial response and evacuation methods in case of fire ▲ education on actions to take during hazardous accidents ▲ knowing our apartment evacuation plan.

The Jeonnam Fire Department and Jeonnam Province plan to make every effort to create a safe environment without accidents by finding improvements for apartment fires and presenting concrete alternatives through inspections of various facilities and sectors related to safety beyond just fires.

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