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There are many cases of small and large fires in children's schools. In this case, even if a fire engine is dispatched quickly, it is often difficult to enter due to the school structure.

41 schools nationwide were surveyed as such.



Reporter Yoo Su-hwan reports in detail.



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is a school in Jung-gu, Seoul, where elementary, middle and high schools are located in one space.



It's a 5 minute drive from the fire station to the front of the school driveway, but then the problem is.



A 2.5-meter-wide fire truck climbs hard, occupying almost all of the winding two lanes.



If there is a fire, it takes one minute and one second, but it takes time as a ladder is caught on the structure installed at the front door.



Even if it is difficult to enter, bigger challenges await.



It's blocked by a low connection passage.



[Fire Officer: You can't go inside here anymore.

Because of the height.

You connect the tube and run.

we…

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Another school in Gangnam, Seoul does not even have fire trucks in the driveway.



All the roads around the school are one lane, with only one car passing by.



As a result of a joint investigation by the Fire Department and the Office of Education, 41 schools across the country were identified with narrow roads, obstructed structures, stairs that cannot be crossed, and difficult to enter by fire engines.



This happens because there is no provision that the current law requires securing a fire truck access road when building a school.



If you want to widen a narrow road right away, and if it is difficult to destroy the structure, you will need to install additional fire fighting facilities.



[Lee Young-ju/Professor of Fire and Disaster Prevention at Seoul City University: For example, an outdoor fire hydrant concept of temporary fire fighting equipment is installed, or even if a fire truck cannot enter, suppression activities and such things are possible...

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There have been more than 300 schools with fires large and small in the last three years.



It is urgent to prepare improvement measures to keep the'Golden Time' of arrival within 7 minutes, which is directly connected to life.



(Video coverage: Oh Young-chun · Gong Jin-gu, Video editing: Jeon Min-gyu)