Seoul City Strengthens Customized Fire Safety Education for Vulnerable Groups

Safety Education for Home Visits Targeting People with Severe Disabilities

The Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters announced on the 27th that it will "embark on accompanying vulnerable groups through the expansion and strengthening of customized fire safety education."

The Fire and Disaster Headquarters will expand and strengthen customized fire safety education for vulnerable groups who have been limited in their opportunities for safety education due to physical, economic reasons, and others. Through this, it plans to implement the government's safety policies for people with disabilities and Seoul City's disaster-vulnerable protection policies in real-life settings.

The main contents include ▲‘home-visit’ safety education for people with severe disabilities ▲priority reservation system for vulnerable groups through consultations with welfare centers for the disabled and education offices ▲production and distribution of the monthly children’s printed learning material ‘Children’s Safety Friend’.

Specifically, the ‘home-visit’ safety education for people with severe disabilities will be conducted in collaboration with the Korea Disabled People’s Development Institute. After selecting 100 households with severe disabilities who have difficulty using welfare centers due to mobility issues, customized safety education tailored to the type of disability will be provided at home visits accompanied by caregivers.

The priority reservation system for vulnerable groups will prioritize scheduling safety education with the respective fire stations for 50 welfare centers for the disabled and 999 elementary and middle schools located in Seoul, where it had been difficult to participate due to fully booked education reservations.

Through this, basic fire safety education necessary to prepare for disaster accidents that can frequently occur in daily life will be conducted.

Additionally, the safety education learning material ‘Children’s Safety Friend,’ designed so that lower-grade elementary school children can learn safety rules through activities such as number linking and hidden picture finding, is distributed free of charge every month to single-parent or multicultural families.

Hwang Gi-seok, head of the Seoul Fire and Disaster Headquarters, stated, “Enhancing educational accessibility and providing diverse options for vulnerable groups is the first step toward a safe city,” adding, “We will strive to realize a safe companionship and an attractive special city for all citizens.”