Gyeonggi Offers Technical Consultations on 'Fire and Traffic Safety' at Apartment Complexes

Gyeonggi Provincial Government will provide tailored technical consultations on fire safety and traffic through early November for 11 apartment complexes in nine cities and counties, including Goyang, to reduce the risk of fires and traffic accidents in apartment complexes.

The consultations will focus on whether fire alarm control panels and interconnected equipment are functioning properly based on the conditions at each complex; the causes of fire detector malfunctions; and fire safety equipment and potential fire hazards around electric vehicle charging facilities in underground parking garages.

Traffic facilities intended to protect pedestrians within the complexes will also be inspected. The consultations will check the installation and maintenance of speed bumps, crosswalks, road markings and signs indicating speed limits, convex mirrors, markings for school bus stops, and height-limit signs at underground parking garage entrances. They will then recommend improvements suited to the conditions at each complex.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government arranged these consultations to ease residents' concerns about electric vehicle fires, fire safety equipment malfunctions, and pedestrian traffic accidents in apartment complexes, and to address potential hazards before accidents occur. The initiative also reflects a pledge of the ninth popularly elected administration to strengthen the prevention of safety accidents involving traffic and fire safety facilities in apartment complexes.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Provincial Government operates a technical consultation service for apartment complexes, with private-sector experts visiting sites to help facilitate repair work and improve residents' safety. A panel of 100 experts across 10 fields, including architecture, fire safety, and traffic, assesses site conditions and problems at each complex and recommends appropriate construction plans, methods, and maintenance measures.

Since its formation in October 2014, the technical consultation panel has provided technical support to a total of 3,428 complexes.

A Gyeonggi Provincial Government official said, "Fires and traffic accidents in apartment complexes directly affect residents' lives and safety, so it is important to identify and address hazards at the site in advance. Through expert technical consultations, we will recommend practical improvements suited to the conditions at each complex and work to create residential environments where residents can live with peace of mind."

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