Public Offering for Pilot Application Project from June 2 to 30
Up to Five Companies... Demonstration of Four Advanced Technologies
Pilot Operation for One Year Before Commercialization
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is launching a demonstration project to directly apply technologies for responding to warehouse fire accidents in the field.
On June 1, the Ministry announced that it will be recruiting companies to participate in the ‘Pilot Application Project for Fire Safety R&D Prototypes in Logistics Facilities’ from June 2 to June 30.
This project is part of the ongoing ‘Development of Fire Safety and Risk Management Technologies for Logistics Facilities’ research, which began in 2022. The core of the project is to install prototypes developed by the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology in actual logistics warehouses to verify their performance.
The project is open to companies registered as logistics warehouse operators under the Logistics Facilities Act. Up to five selected companies will have prototypes installed directly by the institute, which will also provide comprehensive support for commissioning, operation, and monitoring. The pilot application contracts will begin in August, and the pilot operation will last for one year.
Prototypes and experimental scenes produced in the ‘Fire Safety Technology Development for Logistics Facilities’ research promoted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Detectors, fire shutters, and evacuation guidance systems have all secured performance through actual fire environment experiments and official certification. The technology was jointly developed by the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology as the lead organization, along with the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Korea Railroad Research Institute, Hoseo University, Daejeon University, Gachon University, Korea Integrated Logistics Association, Korea Construction Living Environment Testing Institute, Hanbang UVIS, and Taesan Electronics. Provided by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
A total of four technologies will be demonstrated: a ‘smart evacuation guidance system’ that projects arrow lights on the floor to indicate evacuation directions during a fire; fire shutters with enhanced radiant heat blocking performance; a fire spread prevention method that replaces finishing materials to prevent easy fire propagation; and sensors capable of detecting smoke more quickly in refrigerated and frozen warehouses.
These technologies have already had their basic performance verified through virtual reality (VR) experiments and official certification. Through this pilot project, their functionality in real-world environments will be confirmed.
Um Jeonghee, Director General for Transport and Logistics at the Ministry, said, “We expect that, through this public offering, innovative technologies in the field of fire safety for logistics facilities will be applied in real sites, thereby enhancing the safety of logistics facilities and the overall competitiveness of the logistics industry ecosystem.”
Further details can be found on the websites of the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology and the Korea Integrated Logistics Association.
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