Gwangjin-gu Junggok Jeil Alley Market Wins Grand Prize at 'Traditional Market Fire Safety Competition'
Participation from 140 Markets Nationwide... Junggok Jeil Alley Market Selected as Seoul's Best Market
Received High Ratings Across Evaluation Areas Including Volunteer Fire Brigade Operations and Fire Response Drills
Public-Private Joint Efforts Focused on Fire Prevention Through Regular Fire Drills in Traditional Markets
Gwangjin-gu (Mayor Kim Kyung-ho) Junggok Jeil Alley Market (Chairman Ryu Jeong-rae) received the Grand Prize at the '2024 Traditional Market Fire Safety Competition' hosted by the Korea Fire Insurance Association.
The Traditional Market Fire Safety Competition evaluates the autonomous fire safety management capabilities centered on traditional market merchant associations. This year, 140 markets nationwide, including 28 traditional markets in the Seoul area, participated in the competition.
The evaluation focused on three main criteria: ▲autonomous safety management capability ▲maintenance of safety facilities ▲fire preparedness and response posture. Among the 48 markets selected as excellent markets, Junggok Jeil Alley Market was chosen as the best market in the Seoul area.
In this competition, Junggok Jeil Alley Market demonstrated excellent performance across all evaluation areas, including the operation of an autonomous fire brigade, patrolling and monitoring fire-prone areas, establishing a fire preparedness system, and conducting initial fire response drills, earning high praise from the judges.
Going forward, Junggok Jeil Alley Market will be awarded a certificate and a prize of 600,000 KRW from the Korea Fire Insurance Association.
Kim Kyung-ho, Mayor of Gwangjin-gu, said, "This award is a valuable result created by the efforts of the Junggok Jeil Alley Market officials who work tirelessly day and night to prevent fires," and added, "Gwangjin-gu will continue to support the systematic autonomous fire safety management of traditional markets without hesitation."
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Gwangjin-gu is doing its best to create fire-safe traditional markets by regularly conducting fire lane clearing drills at traditional markets every year in cooperation with the local autonomous disaster prevention group and Gwangjin Fire Station.
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