Fire Department "Simple comparison of BTS performance-Daejeon fire personnel, apparent factual error" [an official full text]

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The National Fire Agency refuted the controversy by explaining the difference between the group BTS's performance in Gwanghwamun and the fire at the Daejeon plant.

On the 22nd, the National Fire Agency refuted what the Seoul economy reported on the 21st. Earlier, the Seoul economy reported that it deployed more than 800 firefighters to the Gwanghwamun concert site in BTS, but deployed more than 200 people to the fire at the auto parts factory in Daedeok-gu, Daejeon, which killed 14 people.

In response to such claims, the National Fire Agency said, "The National Fire Agency is deploying fire fighting forces in consideration of the spatial characteristics and risk scale of the disaster. The actual number of firefighters at the factory fire site in Daedeok-gu, Daejeon, is 733, which is different from the figure of the article. It is a clear factual error to simply compare the manpower of the two sites with 800 to 200 people," he corrected. The figure of about 200 people mentioned in the report is the figure of the initial response stage of the fire.

Subsequently, 'post-disaster response' and 'pre-crowd control' are not appropriate comparisons due to different spatial constraints and risk characteristics. The input resources of disaster safety management are calculated according to 'space characteristics' and 'potential risk scale'. The Daejeon plant fire is a disaster that occurred in a "local single building," and if thousands of people are put into a limited space at once, serious bottlenecks will occur, causing fatal disruptions to rescue activities.

Accordingly, the National Fire Agency said, "The maximum tactical manpower allowed in the space, unmanned firefighting robots, and advanced special equipment such as unmanned destruction water vehicles have been intensively deployed," adding, "The Gwanghwamun performance site is an 'open large-scale space' where hundreds of thousands of people are concentrated." An uncontrolled large crowd poses a risk of secondary major disasters such as crushing themselves. Of the 800 personnel assigned to the performance site, 109 are administrative personnel who support situation management, not on-site response personnel.

"The Fire Department will fulfill its responsibility for both disaster response and safety management of large-scale crowd-crowded events," he said. "We pray for the souls of those who lost their lives in the Daejeon factory fire, and we also express our deepest condolences and condolences to the bereaved families."

At 8 p.m. on the 21st, ｜ held "BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE ｜ ARIRANG" in Gwanghwamun Square. It is known that about 104,000 visitors gathered at the performance site, not the 260,000 originally identified.

After the Gwanghwamun performance, BTS will collaborate with Spotify, a global audio and sound source streaming platform, to hold "Spotify X BTS: Swimside" in New York on the 24th. In addition, he will hold a solo concert "BTS World Tour 'Arirang' in Goyang" at the main stadium of Goyang Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on April 9-12, and start a world tour.

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