Jeonnam Fire Department and Korea Electrical Safety Corporation Join Hands to Prevent Electrical Fires

Jeonnam Fire Headquarters (Chief Hong Young-geun) and the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation Gwangju-Jeonnam Regional Headquarters have joined hands to prevent electrical fires.

Jeonnam Fire Headquarters announced on the 13th that it signed a business agreement for mutual cooperation with the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation Gwangju-Jeonnam Regional Headquarters in the fire headquarters meeting room.

The two organizations agreed to actively collaborate by conducting joint investigations on electrical fire sites to identify the causes of fires, sharing safety management technologies for electrical facilities, and implementing measures to reduce fire damage.

In particular, they reached a consensus to work on reducing electrical fires and minimizing damage through safety technology education for renewable energy fire reduction and biannual meetings.

Chief Hong Young-geun stated, “Recently, there has been growing interest in disasters with significant damage relative to their scale, such as energy storage systems (ESS) at solar and wind power plants and electric vehicle fires,” adding, “We expect this business agreement to play a major role in reducing electrical fires and minimizing damage.”

Meanwhile, in the Jeonnam region, the number of fire incidents over the past three years totaled 7,870, with electrical fires accounting for 1,648 cases (21%), resulting in approximately 8.238 billion KRW in property damage.