Gyeonggi-do Distributes Gas Safety Devices to 3,150 Households Including Elderly and Dementia Families

Free Installation of Timer Cocks and CO Alarms... Applications Accepted from the 31st
Gas Safety Devices for Vulnerable Groups Including Seniors Aged 55 and Older, Lower-Income Households, and More

Gyeonggi Province will distribute timer cocks and CO (carbon monoxide) alarms to 3,150 households, including elderly and dementia-affected families, this year to prevent gas safety accidents.

Gyeonggi Province will distribute timer cocks and CO (carbon monoxide) alarms to 3,150 households, including elderly and dementia-affected families, this year to prevent gas safety accidents. Provided by Gyeonggi Province

A timer cock is a device that automatically shuts off the gas stove's middle valve when a certain time or temperature is exceeded, and a CO alarm is a device that detects and alerts when exhaust gas from a gas boiler leaks.

The support targets are ▲ for timer cocks, households that meet at least one condition of gas safety vulnerable groups such as elderly aged 55 or older, basic pension recipients, basic livelihood security recipients, lower-income groups, disabled persons, multicultural families, dementia-affected families, and multi-child families (two or more minor children), and ▲ for CO alarms, vulnerable facilities with a high risk of gas accidents such as senior centers and community welfare facilities in addition to the above vulnerable groups.

This year, the project target has been expanded from elderly living alone aged 65 or older to elderly aged 55 or older. Dementia-affected families and multi-child families have also been newly added to the target groups.

Applications for the project can be submitted from the 31st to April 16th at the energy-related departments of the respective city or county and each eup, myeon, or dong administrative welfare center.

Since 2012, Gyeonggi Province has distributed gas safety devices to 55,328 households for gas safety vulnerable groups, and this year, it will support 3,150 households with a budget of 180 million KRW fully funded by the provincial government.

Cha Seong-su, Director of the Climate Environment and Energy Bureau of Gyeonggi Province, said, “Through the gas safety device distribution project, we will do our best to prevent accidents among gas safety vulnerable groups and protect the lives and property of residents,” and added, “We ask those who qualify to actively apply.”

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