Gwangsan Fire Station in Gwangju Promotes Revised Fire Safety Regulations for Construction Sites

On the 2nd, Gwangsan Fire Station in Gwangju Metropolitan City promoted the revised fire-related laws, including the installation of temporary fire-fighting facilities and the appointment of fire safety managers to strengthen fire safety at construction sites.

Temporary fire-fighting facilities refer to fire-fighting equipment that can be easily installed or removed at construction sites for fire safety, such as fire extinguishers, simple fire extinguishing devices, emergency alarm devices, and simple evacuation guidance lines. Construction sites handling flammable, combustible, or explosive materials, or involving work that generates flammable gas or sparks such as welding and cutting, must install temporary fire-fighting facilities.

Since the amendment of the law in July last year, three additional types (gas leak detectors, emergency lights, and fire blankets) have been added to the existing temporary fire-fighting facilities for new construction and extensions, making a total of seven types of temporary fire-fighting facilities required to be installed.

Additionally, from December 2022, with the introduction of the mandatory appointment system for fire safety managers at construction sites for new, extended, renovated, or rebuilt buildings, construction sites with a total floor area of 15,000㎡ or more, or those with a total floor area of 5,000㎡ or more that meet any of the following conditions: ▲ two or more basement floors ▲ 11 or more above-ground floors ▲ refrigerated or frozen warehouses, must appoint a fire safety manager from the date of the fire facility construction commencement report until the building's occupancy approval.

Chief Kim Gwan-ho stated, “We will secure safe construction sites through continuous promotion of the revised fire-related laws for construction sites.”

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