Gwangnaru Safety Experience Center (광나루안전체험관) - Culture

Explanation

Gwangnaru Safety Experience Center was founded in 1999 after two fire accidents in which many children lost their lives. These tragedies emphasized the necessity of establishing a disaster training center for common citizens.

Gwangnaru Safety Experience Center is a three-story building with one basement floor, covering an area of more than 5,000 m². The basement floor includes a small theater. The first floor is set up for natural disaster training and consists of an orientation hall, storm simulation training room, earthquake simulation room, computer tests on fire safety knowledge and others. The second floor is a place for artificial catastrophe training. It consists of a smoke escape training room, fire extinguisher training room, first-aid (CPR) training room and practice place for calling 119. The third floor is used for rescue training and consists of a rescue training room, screening room, training for professionals and video examples of the five biggest disasters that have occurred in Seoul. Overall there are about 20 training areas established, so citizens can experience the imitation of a disaster by themselves and learn easily and in an interesting way how to cope with a disaster.

Inquiry

+82-2-2049-4061

Homepage

fire.seoul.go.kr

Information Use

Capacities : Weekdays: 200 people per time
Weekends: 150 people per time

Contact and Information : • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-2-2049-4061

Parking facilities : Not available

Day off : Mondays, January 1, the day of Seollal (Lunar New Year's Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day)

Charges : Free

Hours : 09:00-17:00

Scale : 6,142 ㎡ (B1-3F)

Touring Time : Approx. 1 hr 40 min

More information

Program Information
[Children's Firefighter Experience]
Eligibility: Children ages 5-7
Time: Saturdays 13:00-15:00
Participant limit: 30 people per experience
Registration: Same-day registration on-site
Program: Traffic safety education, ride a mini firetruck, fire extinguisher experience, etc.
* Subject to cancellation in the case of rain, extreme temperatures, or high levels of microdust.

Programs Available for Foreigners
Earthquake experience, flood experience, fire experience, fire extingisher experience, first-aid training, etc.

Foreign Language Intepretation Services
Explanation guide for each experience (English, Japanese, Chinese)
Leaflets available (English, Chinese)

Reservations
Online reservations
* On-site reservation is available for any remaining seats on a first-come, first-served basis
* Children (ages under 13) must make a reservation with guardian.

Location

238, Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul

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