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Busan Metropolitan City Strengthens Fire Prevention Response System Following Issuance of Dry Weather Advisory

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Busan Metropolitan City announced that it is launching an all-out response to prevent fires following the issuance of a dry weather advisory across the entire city at 10:00 a.m. on January 23.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, the atmosphere is expected to remain extremely dry for the time being, heightening the risk of various fires, including wildfires.

In particular, with instantaneous wind speeds of around 15 meters per second expected to continue, there is a high possibility that small sparks could spread into large fires, increasing the risk of major fires such as wildfires.

At 4:00 p.m. today (January 26), Busan Metropolitan City held an emergency fire prevention countermeasures meeting at the Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at City Hall, presided over by the Assistant Mayor for Citizen Safety, to review the fire prevention response system.

The meeting was attended by approximately ten City departments, including the Green Forest City Bureau and the Social Disaster Division, as well as related organizations such as district and county offices and the Fire and Disaster Headquarters.

During the meeting, discussions were held on measures to prevent fires, including establishing a constant disaster preparedness and response system led by the Acting Vice Mayor for Administrative Affairs, strengthening safety inspections focused on fire-vulnerable facilities such as approximately 12,000 multi-use establishments, residential facilities for vulnerable populations, evacuation facilities for people with limited mobility, aging apartment complexes, and traditional markets, and enhancing support for fire safety management for vulnerable groups by distributing fire safety equipment such as 5,000 automatic fire-extinguishing power strips to prevent electrical fires.

Busan Metropolitan City also noted that on November 25 last year, it established a constant fire prevention preparedness system centered on the departments in charge of fire-vulnerable facilities, the Fire and Disaster Headquarters, and district and county offices. In particular, sample inspections of approximately 12,000 multi-use establishments, including restaurants and karaoke rooms, have been conducted from December last year through January this year. In addition, in November last year, the City distributed fire safety equipment such as 5,000 automatic fire-extinguishing power strips to fire-vulnerable residential facilities, including vinyl greenhouses used as residences and shantytowns, and carried out joint on-site guidance with district and county offices and fire stations.

Furthermore, to promote a culture of fire safety and enhance public safety awareness, the City is publicizing key fire evacuation guidelines and operating an intensive reporting period from December 2025 to February 2026, encouraging citizens to report fire safety hazards through the Safety Report Center.

Based on the discussions held at today’s meeting, Busan Metropolitan City plans to strengthen rapid situation sharing and maintain response systems, conduct joint inspections with related organizations of fire-vulnerable facilities where the risk of fire is high, and establish a comprehensive fire response posture to prevent blind spots caused by unclear management responsibility.

Mayor Park Heong-joon reiterated that given the dry winter weather conditions, there is a high risk that small sparks could spread into large-scale fires, stressing that thorough preparedness is essential. He emphasized that the City will carefully inspect on-site conditions to eliminate blind spots vulnerable to fire and will do its utmost to ensure rapid initial response by having senior officials take the lead in responding on the ground in the event of major fires.