SG Safety Corporation

 This year, just like last year, I had the opportunity to visit the Daegu International Fire & Safety Expo, which was held successfully once again.  The event, which saw a record-breaking scale this year, featured 389 exhibitors and 1,397 booths covering an area of 30,000 square meters, an increase from last year’s 378 exhibitors. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Fire Safety Expo has a significant reason for being held in Daegu.  Do you know why? The International Fire Safety Expo began in 2004, a year after the tragic Daegu subway fire disaster in 2003, to enhance public safety awareness and foster the growth and development of the domestic fire industry.  It’s a highly beneficial event that introduces new firefighting equipment and cutting-edge technologies each year, ranking among the top five specialized fire safety expos in the world. Inside the exhibition hall, several ambulances with flashing lights and fire trucks extending ladders up to 47 meters hi...

You may think it's unlikely for a fire to break out in an apartment, various unexpected incidents such as depression, dementia, and arson can occur.  Even if I am not the cause of them, it's unpredictable what might happen in shared housing, like condominiums. Once you experience a fire situation in a high-rise building, you understand why people suffocate from smoke.  Thinking, 'Just evacuate, right?' may lead to confusion when the situation actually arises.  In the case of a fire, smoke rises through corridors and elevators, blocking escape routes. And what you will see would be totally different with normal vision.  Although you probably have a fire extinguisher at home, it's not enough.  Due to dense smoke, you may not be able to approach the fire, especially if it involves materials like Styrofoam, emitting toxic gas, making it difficult to use a fire extinguisher. Therefore, the best approach is for adults to handle the initial firefighting while others, i...

  Until recently, we are facing unfortunate incidents such as fires occurring in high-rise buildings and apartments and deaths due to the incidents.   Vietnam: 56 people dead after fire at nine-floor apartment building About 70 people have been rescued, according to Hanoi authorities, with nearly 40 injured Link:  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/13/vietnam-apartment-fire-hanoi-deaths Fire at apartment building in northern Seoul kills 2, injures 29 people Link:  https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/02/113_365719.html Looking at statistics on causes of death in fires, it is confirmed that suffocation due to smoke accounts for more than 60% of all deaths. If you recognize that a fire has occurred, the first thing you must do is evacuate, but it is not so easy when you face incident. Thus people often suffocate from smoke during the evacuation process. When a fire occurs, various toxic gases are produced along with black smoke. This toxic gas cau...