ACT ON FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY CONTROL

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1(Purpose) #

The purpose of this Act is to protect people's lives, bodies, and property from fire and contribute to enhancement of public safety and welfare by providing for matters necessary for fire prevention and safety control.

Article 2(Definitions) #

(1) The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:

1. The term "prevention" means all activities to remove the risk of fire or to prevent fire in advance to protect people's lives, bodies, and property against the risk of fire;

2. The term "safety control" means activities for prevention, preparedness, response, etc. to minimize damage caused by a fire;

3. The term "fire safety inspection" means activities in which the Commissioner of the National Fire Agency, the director general of a fire headquarters, or the head of a fire station (hereinafter referred to as "head of a fire service agency or station") is involved, such as conducting a field investigation, inspection of documents, requests for reporting, etc. to verify whether firefighting systems or such (referring to firefighting systems or such defined in Article 2 (1) 2 of the Act on Installation and Maintenance of Firefighting Systems; hereinafter the same shall apply) have been installed and managed in compliance with firefighting-related statutes or regulations and whether there is any risk of fire on any object of fire service.);

4. The term "fire prevention and reinforcement district" means an area designated and managed by the Special Metropolitan City Mayor, a Metropolitan City Mayor, a Special Self-Governing City Mayor, a Do Governor, or a Special Self-Governing Province Governor (hereinafter referred to as "Mayor/Do Governor") to enhance fire prevention and safety control for an area highly likely to cause fire or likely to sustain severe damage if a fire breaks out;

5. The term "fire prevention and safety diagnosis" means formulating measures for improvement by inspecting risk factors for fire on an object of fire service which is expected to cause considerable social and economic harm if a fire occurs and assessing the risks thereof.

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (1), the terms used in this Act shall be as defined in the Framework Act on Firefighting Services, the Act on Installation and Maintenance of Firefighting Systems, the Firefighting System Installation Business Act, the Act on the Safety Control of Hazardous Substances, and the Building Act.

ACT ON FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY CONTROL

Article 1(Purpose) #

Article 2(Definitions) #

Article 3(Responsibilities of the State and Local Governments) #

Article 4(Formulation and Implementation of Master Plans for Fire Prevention and Safety Control) #

Article 5(Fact-Finding Surveys) #

Article 6(Compilation and Management of Statistics) #

Article 7(Fire Safety Inspection) #

Article 8(Methods and Procedures for Fire Safety Inspection) #

Article 9(Organization and Operation of Fire Safety Inspection Team) #

Article 10(Composition and Operation of Fire Safety Inspection Committee) #

Article 11(Participation of Experts in Fire Safety Inspection) #

Article 12(Presentation of Identification and Obligation of Confidentiality) #

Article 13(Notification of Findings of Fire Safety Inspection) #

Article 14(Order to Take Measures Based on Findings of Fire Safety Inspection) #

Article 15(Compensation for Losses) #

Article 16(Disclosure of Findings of Fire Safety Inspection) #

Article 17(Fire Prevention Measures) #

Article 18(Designation of Fire Prevention and Reinforcement Districts) #

Article 19(Support for Fire Prevention) #

Article 20(Fire Warnings) #

Article 21(Fire Safety Impact Assessment) #

Article 22(Fire Safety Impact Assessment Deliberative Council) #

Article 23(Support for Persons at Risk in terms of Fire Safety) #

Article 24(Firefighting Safety Control of Specific Objects of Fire Service) #

Article 25(Vicarious Performance of Firefighting Safety Control Affairs) #

Article 26(Reporting of Appointment of Firefighting Safety Controller) #

Article 27(Affairs of Relevant Persons) #

Article 28(Order to Appoint Firefighting Safety Controller) #

Article 29(Firefighting Safety Control at Construction Sites) #

Article 30(Qualifications for, and Issuance of Certificates of Qualification as, Firefighting Safety Controllers) #

Article 31(Suspension and Revocation of Qualification of Firefighting Safety Controllers) #

Article 32(Qualifying Examination for Fire Safety Controllers) #

Article 33(Establishment and Operation of Comprehensive Information Network, which Contains Information on Fire Safety Controllers) #

Article 34(Education of Firefighting Safety Controllers) #

Article 35(Firefighting Safety Control of Specific Objects of Fire Service with Separate Entitlements to Control) #

Article 36(Formulation and Implementation of Escape Plans) #

Article 37(Firefighting Drills for Workers, Residents of Objects subject to Firefighting Safety Control) #

Article 38(Firefighting Safety Education for Relevant Persons to Specific Objects of Fire Service) #

Article 39(Firefighting Safety Control of Public Institutions) #

Article 40(Safety Control of Establishments subject to Special Firefighting Safety Control) #

Article 41(Fire Prevention and Safety Diagnosis) #

Article 42(Designation and Revocation of Diagnosis Agency) #

Article 43(Implementation of Measures for Fire Prevention and Promotion of Safety Culture) #

Article 44(Awards to Relevant Persons to Exemplary Objects of Fire Service) #

Article 45(Extension of Period for Orders to Take Measures) #

Article 46(Hearing) #

Article 47(Fees) #

Article 48(Delegation or Entrustment of Authority) #

Article 49(Legal Fiction as Public Officials for Purposes of Applying Penalty Provisions) #