Gyeonggi Fire Department Strengthens Safety for Foreign Residents... Meeting with Foreigners' Welfare Center

The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters and nine fire stations held a meeting with officials from the Foreigners' Welfare Center on the 24th to discuss safety issues concerning foreign residents.

The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters is strengthening safety support for foreign residents.

On the 24th, the Fire and Disaster Headquarters held a 'Meeting between Fire Stations & Foreign Welfare Centers' at the Gyeonggi-do National Safety Experience Center in Osan to establish a collaborative public safety support system for foreign residents, together with nine fire stations and foreign welfare centers in the province where the proportion of foreign residents is relatively high, the headquarters announced on the 25th.

Participants discussed regular fire safety education for foreigners, distribution of residential fire safety equipment such as fire extinguishers and smoke detectors in foreigner accommodations, and ways to create and share fire safety content that foreigners can more easily access.

They also held in-depth discussions on fire safety policies for foreigners.

Representatives from the foreign welfare centers requested fire safety experiential education tailored to the perspective of foreign residents. They also suggested utilizing local foreign resident councils for the distribution of residential fire safety equipment and sharing fire safety education content.

Cho Sun-ho, head of the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, said, "We held this meeting with foreign welfare centers closely connected to foreigners to provide fire safety support that foreign residents living in the province can truly feel." He promised, "We will create a Gyeonggi-do faithful to the fundamental spirit that safety transcends nationality and race by reflecting the various opinions raised at this meeting."

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