Busan is good

Busan to Conduct First-Half Safety Inspections of Private Multi-Use Buildings to Enhance Citizen Safety

내용

The Busan Metropolitan City Government (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will conduct the “2025 First-Half Safety Inspections of Private Multi-Use Buildings” to improve safety management and protect citizens.

All 222 designated private multi-use buildings in Busan will be inspected by local district offices, and starting today (May 22), the city government will conduct joint sample inspections at 8 large and high-traffic buildings, in collaboration with those districts.

• ●In accordance with Article 34-6, Paragraph 2 of the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety, the inspections will focus on:
  ▲ Development and revision of facility-specific crisis response manuals
  ▲ Implementation of internal emergency drills
  ▲ General preparedness for accident prevention under normal conditions

• ●Buildings subject to inspection fall under Article 2, Clause 17(a) of the Enforcement Decree of the Building Act and include those with a total floor area of 5,000㎡ or more used for cultural and assembly purposes, religious activities, retail, passenger transport, general hospitals, or tourist accommodations.

This year, for the first time, the city has strengthened the inspection process by including on-site participation from the “Social Disaster Prevention Safety Inspection Group,” made up of private-sector experts.

• ●This expert team, formed from the city's Safety Management Advisory Committee, includes 15 professionals in the fields of electricity, fire safety, gas, and mechanical engineering. The group aims to enhance the technical quality of safety checks by supporting inspections of public and private multi-use facilities.

For facilities found in violation, the city will issue improvement orders and impose fines for non-compliance. Matters needing correction will be reported to the facility’s management, and the city will continue to monitor follow-up actions.

Kim Ki-hwan, Director-General of Busan’s Citizen Safety Bureau, stated,
“We will thoroughly carry out preventive inspections of high-traffic multi-use buildings in cooperation with district offices, carefully assessing each facility’s readiness to prevent incidents and protect lives.”