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[Seoul'n'Corea]

The school next door to us caught fire in Seoul last night.
Apparently the blaze was started by an electrical problem. (ie, a powerbar)

The whole situation could have been avoided if 3 things were done, safety check, properly cared for fire extinguishers and safety training for teachers.

None of these things were done and the teachers office is seriously damaged as a result.

If you can believe it the staff at the school didn't know how to use a fire extinguisher. How stupid can people get when they WORK IN A SCHOOL and don't know anything about safety.

Amazing. Just when I think I have heard one for the darwin awards, then I hear this.....

Really pathetic.

[seoulsucker]

Korea's new slogan: Speed Over Saftety 안전 보다 신속 (?? maybe...not sure about the phrasing there)

During their rapid development, they really skipped over a lot of important safety stuff. "Stop, drop, and roll" "look both ways before crossing" "Mr. Yuck", etc. That stuff was pounded into my head as a kid.

I still look back in awe at the fire drill I witnessed at a high school in Gyunggido. Mass panic, pile-ups, trampling, etc. All because the principle forced the students to stop and change their shoes on the way out of a "burning" building.

[JJJ]

No surprise here. I asked the teachers and school nurse as well if they knew the Heimlich maneuver because I was choking severely on a fish bone once.....Ehhhhhh, what is that? they said. A.R. ... no clue what it is. CPR...heard of it but no one except me knows how to do it. Fire extinguisher...bahhhh, that's the fire departments job not ours.

[CentralCali]

When I was a student in Seoul many years ago, I asked one of my classmates what 안전 제일 on so many signs meant. She said, "Nothing. It's just decoration." Some things never change.

[bassexpander]

We had a fire in one of those 3-way recycling garbage can boxes like you find in the subway -- only it was on the 5th floor staircase of our building (where I teach). It smoked-out the entire 5th floor. One garbage can.

Some kid had flicked his cigarette in there.

[CeleryMan]

Which is precisely why school buildings never exceed more than 5 stories. At 5 five stories, you'll likely survive the fall.

[poet13]

5 stories would likely *beep* me up so bad I wouldn't want to survive.

[Seoul'n'Corea]

[bassexpander]

[ED209]

[Illysook]

Latex balloons are a choking hazard and they are banned from many schools and children's hospitals back home. The bright colors are attractive to the kids and the latex will block an airway as effectively as it will block, umm....something else;) So, if you have some in your classroom and have the ability to get rid of them, you should do so.

[Underwaterbob]

The toxic smelling plastic bubbles you blow up with a straw can't be safe either.

[harlowethrombey]

[Jammer113]

[the oak llama]

3 story fall...you could simulate it by running at 41.6 m/s into a wall.

wear a helmet.