If a fire suddenly breaks out and the fire shutter comes down while evacuating, how should you evacuate?



Let's check it together.



There is no exit nearby, and the fire shutter comes down while evacuating due to a fire.



Where do we go now?



One time, turn around and run in the other direction.



2, go through the fire shutter.



The answer is to unconditionally push the fire shutter.



Fire shutters that prevent the spread of fire and smoke are equipped with emergency exits for people to evacuate.



However, many people are unaware of the existence of emergency exits, so in case of a fire, they may not be able to escape.



In fact, at the time of the Daegu subway fire disaster in 2003, about 10 citizens trying to get out of the station lost their lives because they could not find the emergency exit in front of the fire shutter.



[Choi Jae-young / Firefighter at Yangcheon Fire Station, Seoul: Even during the training, you didn't know that there was an emergency exit inside the fire shutter.

When you know that there is a door, you're a little surprised.]



Usually fire shutters are marked with 'emergency exits' with fluorescent paint or stickers, so you need to find them and evacuate.



However, there are fire shutters that do not have an emergency exit.



[Lee Young-joo / Professor, Department of Fire and Disaster Prevention, Seoul National University: These doors are called fixed fire doors. Instead of having a door attached to the shutter, a separate fire door is attached next to the fire shutter. It is legally required to install this (separate) door within 3 meters.]



An integrated fire shutter with a shutter and an emergency exit cannot effectively prevent flame spread.



[Lee Young-joo/Professor, Department of Fire and Disaster Prevention, Seoul National University: (Integrated fire shutter) If the door does not close properly, I can evacuate, but there is a risk of a fire spreading to the other area through the gap in the open fire door. Because of this.]



Accordingly, from next year onwards, it will no longer be possible to install integrated fire shutters in new buildings.



In these new buildings, you must evacuate through the emergency exit near the fire shutters.



In the old building, the integrated fire shutter remains, so it is necessary to respond according to the situation.



If you encounter a fire shutter, push the fluorescently marked emergency exit, and if there is no emergency exit sign, calmly find a separate emergency door installed nearby.



We hope you all have a safe summer, when the risk of fire is high due to the use of air conditioners.



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