1. Reason for Revision
- The current regulations stipulate that upon the new construction, extension, remodeling, reconstruction, or major repair of a building, a fire safety manager must be appointed within 30 days from the date of use approval in accordance with Article 22 of the Building Act.
- However, in cases of changes to registered items such as a change in building use, there is a lack of notification from relevant agencies. Furthermore, the baseline date for appointment in special situations—such as changes due to the retroactive application of fire-fighting facilities or the dismissal of a construction site fire safety manager—is unclear. This causes confusion regarding the timing of appointments and a decline in enforcement power at the frontline administrative level.
- In addition, education and training related to the organization of a self-defense fire brigade and initial response system are crucial elements for minimizing human and property damage through rapid initial response in the event of a fire. Despite this, the current rules only prescribe a quantitative standard of conducting them at least once a year. They fail to clearly stipulate the deadline for conducting education and training when a self-defense fire brigade must be newly organized (e.g., designation of a new target object), leading to instances where the initial response system fails to operate in a timely manner.
- Accordingly, this revision aims to improve and supplement operational deficiencies in the system by newly establishing detailed processing standards for the baseline date when reporting the appointment of a fire safety manager, and by clarifying the timing for organizing a self-defense fire brigade and conducting education and training for relevant personnel at newly designated fire safety management objects.
2. Main Contents
A. Education and training frequency for self-defense fire brigades: Stipulates that among the required annual education and training for self-defense fire brigades, the initial training shall be conducted within 60 days of the use approval date, and regular training shall be conducted in the month containing the use approval date (Draft Article 11).
B. Reasons and baseline dates for appointment reports: Establishes the reasons and baseline dates for reporting the appointment of fire safety managers where standards were previously insufficient, such as for the use of facilities and retroactive installation of fire-fighting systems (Draft Article 14 Paragraph 1).
C. Postponement of fire safety manager appointment: Stipulates that the postponement of a fire safety manager appointment shall be determined in consideration of the first examination date or the completion of mandatory training (Draft Article 14 Paragraph 2, Draft Article 16 Paragraph 2).
D. Issuance of appointment history certificates: Adds fire safety managers to the list of eligible applicants—alongside relevant persons—who can apply for the issuance of appointment history certificates (Draft Article 14 Paragraph 6, Article 16 Paragraph 7, Article 17 Paragraph 3).
E. Baseline date for construction site fire safety managers: Establishes the baseline date for appointing fire safety managers at construction sites (Draft Article 17).
F. Regulations for qualification exams: Specifies electronic devices that examinees are prohibited from possessing during qualification exams, and establishes detailed processing standards upon detecting cheaters (Draft Article 24 Paragraphs 1 and 3).
G. Provision of evacuation guidance information: Stipulates that evacuation guidance information for fire safety management objects must be provided within 30 days from the initial appointment of a fire safety manager (Draft Article 35 Paragraph 1).
H. Baseline date for training workers and residents: Establishes the baseline date for conducting training and education for workers and residents (Draft Article 36).
I. Proxy personnel for fire safety management: Supplements compliance matters, such as deployment standards, qualifications, and methods for personnel acting as proxies for fire safety management duties (Draft Attached Table 1).
J. Passing criteria for mandatory training: Establishes the passing criteria for the practical evaluation portion of the mandatory training for fire safety managers (Draft Attached Table 5).
