365 Safe Town
| 365 Safe Town | |
|---|---|
| Type | Safety experience |
| Location | Jangseong-dong, Taebaek, Gangwon Province, South Korea |
| Website | taebaek |
365 Safe Town (Korean: 365세이프타운) is a theme park in Taebaek, South Korea which promotes safety education.[1] Established in 2012, the park has various edutainment facilities which simulates disasters like fire and floods, as well as teaching visitors safety techniques like CPR.[2][3]
Features
365 Safe Town has three main buildings: Fire Safety Experience Center, Comprehensive Safety Experience Center, and Challenge World.[4]
365 Safe Town provides safety edutainment on variety of emergency situations. For one, the park offers 4D film simulations of earthquakes, wildfires, flooding, and terrorism. There are also facilities to try out cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and escape a plane. In the Fire Safety Experience building, visitors can practice fire safety techniques such as using an descending life line (완강기) or a fire extinguisher, and performing a CPR, with guidance from current fire school instructors.[1]
The park hosts safety-themed summer camps for teenagers, ran by Gangwon Province Fire Department.[5][6]
History
The park opened in October 2012, becoming the largest safety education-themed park in the nation, with an area of 938,579 m2.[1] By April 2014, the total visitor count neared 100,000.[3] In 2015, 365 Safe Town was designated by the Ministry of Education as the first "Safety Experience Center" in South Korea. As such, safety training conducted here for students is recognized as fulfilling mandatory student safety education under the School Safety Act.[7][4] Since 2020, 365 Safe Town has been reimbursing 20,000 won out of the 22,000 won admission fee in the form of Taebaek Love Gift Certificates (태백사랑상품권). In 2023, over 100,000 people have visited, and Gift Certificates worth 1.1 billion won have been reimbursed to customers.[8]
References
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- ^ 김, 성환 (2022-04-19). "즐기며 배우는 안전체험...365세이프타운 가족여행지로 딱!". 아시아투데이 (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ a b 기자, 이용철 (2014-04-04). "강원도 태백 365세이프타운‥안전 체험시설 인기". MBC NEWS (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ a b "365세이프타운". www.doopedia.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ^ 기자, 전형준 (2025-05-11). "365세이프타운 '제4회 대한민국 청소년 안전캠프' 참가자 모집". www.pressian.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-05-13.
- ^ 강, 태현 (2025-05-12). "대한민국 청소년 안전캠프 참가자 모집...13일부터 선착순 등록". Yonhap News.
- ^ "안전교육". 365세이프타운 (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ 광희, 김 (2023-12-27). "365세이프타운 방문객 큰폭증가 지역경제 활성화 한몫". 강원일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-05-14.