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shortage of elements required for the operation of diesel vehicles is also affecting essential public areas such as fire engines and ambulances. The Fire Department has started managing the inventory of urea water used in fire trucks across the country, and the government is in a position to ban hoarding and strictly crack down on it.
Reporter Jeong Da-eun.
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Due to the urea water crisis, there is an emergency in supply and demand management in the public domain, such as firefighting.
The fire department decided that there would be no disruption to the operation of fire trucks and ambulances right away, but started inventory management in case the situation lasts for a long time.
The Fire Department sent an official letter to the fire departments across the country, instructing them to thoroughly manage the supply and demand of urea, and to share the status of urea water stockpiles and usage on a weekly basis.
Of the 6,700 fire engines operated by the fire department nationwide, 80.5% use urea water and 90.0% of the 1,600 ambulance vehicles.
The Fire Department said that it is understood that 3.7 months' worth of urea for firefighting-related vehicles is secured, and there is stock until the end of February next year, but it will strengthen supply and demand management just in case.
It is reported that the government is discussing a plan to supply urea water as a top priority to vehicle operation in the field of safety and security.
In addition, it was decided to enact and implement a notice on the prohibition of hoarding of urea water for vehicles within the next week.
This is a measure to prevent buying or evading sales of urea water to take advantage of the supply and demand situation of urea water.
The Ministry of Environment and the local Environment Agency are planning to set up a kiosk reporting center and operate a joint enforcement team to take strict measures.