The Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Fire Headquarters announced that they conducted fire safety education for 1,321 foreign seasonal workers employed to address the labor shortage in rural areas of the province from March to May.

The education took place in a business trip format in 9 cities and counties including Gunsan, Iksan, Jeongeup, Gimje, Wanju, Jinan, Jangsu, Imsil, and Suncheon, where each fire station directly visited local workplaces to conduct the training. The education focused on 119 reporting procedures, how to use fire extinguishers, evacuation procedures, and utilized multilingual textbooks and leaflets for foreigners. It also included hands-on CPR training and guidance on 119 interpretation services.

Among the workers, the most were from Vietnam with 602, followed by Cambodia (283), other countries (218), Thailand (105), the Philippines (63), and Laos (50).

Jeong Oh-sook, the head of the provincial fire headquarters, stated, "We conducted proactive education to ensure that foreign workers can live safely in unfamiliar environments," and added, "We will continue to expand safety policies focused on the field."

The Fire Headquarters plans to continue with a second round of education in the latter half of the year to align with the timing of additional arrivals.