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Busan Metropolitan City Launches Comprehensive Winter Electrical Fire Prevention Efforts, Including Electrical Safety Inspection Initiative and Arc Fault Circuit Breaker Replacement

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that, ahead of the winter season when the use of heating and electrical appliances increases sharply, it will begin full-scale electrical safety inspections to prevent electrical fires and accidents. As a first step, the city held a launch ceremony for electrical safety inspections at 10:00 a.m. today (November 20) in the Jeonpo-dong area of Busanjin-gu and carried out a related campaign.

The ceremony was attended by representatives from Busan Metropolitan City and organizations that signed a “Joint Commitment to Building a Safer Busan from Electrical Fires” through an agreement on October 27, including the Korea Electrical Safety Corporation, the Korea Electrical Contractors Association, the Korea Association of Electrical Engineers, and Jeil Electric Co., Ltd.

Participants renewed their resolve for “electrical fire prevention” and began full-fledged activities to promote electrical safety and prevent fires. These activities included demonstrating the replacement of existing circuit breakers with arc fault circuit breakers, distributing leaflets on everyday electrical safety, and sharing spray-type fire extinguishers and multi-outlet power strips equipped with built-in circuit breakers.

Following the launch ceremony, the city will begin conducting electrical safety inspections at aging apartment complexes and fully expand its electrical fire prevention activities. Busan has 1,401 apartment complexes that are more than 30 years old, and recent fire incidents at apartment buildings without sprinkler systems have raised concerns. As the first field activity, the city conducted electrical safety inspections in the Jeonpo-dong area and replaced outdated circuit breakers with arc fault circuit breakers.

Busan Metropolitan City will also enhance support for vulnerable groups at risk of electrical hazards as it begins this initiative, and plans to implement a project starting next year (2026) to replace circuit breakers with arc fault circuit breakers in 1,000 aging apartment units. To achieve this, the city will carry out year-round electrical safety inspections, electrical safety education, campaigns, and promotional activities for fire-prone households and older apartment complexes, thereby promoting a culture of practicing electrical safety.

In addition, to prevent fires caused by electrical arc faults, the city will begin a full-scale arc fault circuit breaker replacement project in 2026 and gradually expand the scope of support.

Park Dong-seok, Director General of the Advanced Industry Bureau, stated, “Electrical safety requires continuous practice rather than one-time inspection,” adding, “We will use this launch ceremony to expand the culture of practicing electrical safety and do our utmost to ensure that all citizens can live safely, free from electrical fires.”