Gwangju Seobu Fire Station Conducts Traditional Market Shopping Event

Fire Prevention Checks During the Holiday Period

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju Seobu Fire Station (Chief Kim Youngdon) announced on the 22nd that they visited Yangdong Traditional Market to urge fire prevention during the holiday period and conducted a traditional market shopping event.

The event was attended by more than 20 people, including Chief Kim Youngdon of Seobu Fire Station and fire officials.

It was promoted to comfort traditional market merchants, whose consumer sentiment has been depressed due to the contraction of commercial districts caused by large retail stores and economic recession, and to revitalize the local economy.

The main activities included ▲ visiting and interviewing the Yangdong Market Merchants Association ▲ focusing on inspecting fire facilities in the market and educating related personnel ▲ checking the management status of visible fire extinguishers in the traditional market.

For traditional market merchants, they encouraged interest and promotion of fire prevention, guided the necessity of securing fire lanes regarding illegal parking around fire hydrants, and confirmed fire prevention measures.

Chief Kim Youngdon of Seobu Fire Station said, “I hope this will be of some help in revitalizing the traditional market,” and also said, “Please make thorough efforts to prevent fires in the traditional market during the Lunar New Year holiday.”