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National Fire Services

and repair of the fire safety equipment, the declaration rate for Type-A premises was 99.8%, which in-
cluded 31,767 registered premises and 31,698 declarations. For non-Type-A premises, the declaration
rate was 97.8%, with 196,275 registered premises and 191,966 declarations.

3. Conducting fire safety equipment inspections
Fire safety inspections have been continuously promoted and conducted by local fire agencies,

which are required to follow up with and review those non-conforming premises until improvements
are completely made. In 2022, inspections of the fire safety equipment at various types of premises
were conducted, involving 286,220 premises-times, including 249,447 premises-times of qualified
inspections (i.e., 87.2% qualification rate), 1,842 premises-times of fine imposing, 30 premises-times

of punishment by business suspension or nonuse of premises, and 239 premises-times of compulsory
enforcement by branch offices of the Administrative Enforcement Agency (AEA) of the Ministry of
Justice (MOJ).

Fire Agencies Conducted Fire Safety Equipment Inspections

4. Strengthening accreditation and management of flameproof performance

The universality of flameproof products has been encouraged in accordance with Article 11 of
the Fire Services Act and relevant regulations to promote relevant flameproof systems, inspect those
qualified vendors holding a flameproof certificate, and conduct spot checks of flameproof products.

As of the end of 2022, there were 1,479 vendors with certified qualifications, 3,612 vendor-times out
of 3,654 vendor-times with qualified spot checks (i.e., 98.9% qualification rate), 41 vendor-times with-
out being re-issued with flameproof labels, and 639,244 label-times with the issuance of flameproof

labels, for materials and products.

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