Gyeonggi Fire Department 'Lifesaver' in Action... Six More Selected Including Fire Captain Jeong Se-hwan

Rescue scene at the time of the accident

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The number of 'Life-savers' in Gyeonggi-do has increased to 31. Life-savers are fire suppression and rescue personnel who have saved precious lives at emergency disaster sites such as fires, collapses, and traffic accidents. Gyeonggi-do has introduced and operated this system since 2018.

The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters announced on the 23rd that six rescue team members from Gwacheon Fire Station, including Fire Captain Jeong Se-hwan, who safely rescued a man in his 60s found unconscious after falling from a 20-meter-high cliff at Yeonjudae, Gwanaksan Mountain in Gwacheon-si at around 4:20 p.m. on February 4, were selected as 'Life-savers' for the first quarter of this year.

At the time, the rescuers found that the fallen man was sitting on a narrow cliff edge barely wide enough for one person, and judged that if they did not act quickly, there was a high risk of a secondary fall. Two rescuers approached the man at the midpoint of the cliff relying on ropes and secured him to a stretcher, while the other four successfully rescued the man safely using a pulley from the cliff railing.

Lee Hyung-cheol, head of the Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters, said, "Life-savers have saved precious lives at various sites without hesitation despite any danger," and emphasized, "We will continue to discover Life-savers to raise the pride of on-site firefighters and do our best for the safety of the residents."

The total number of Life-savers in Gyeonggi-do is 31. Among them are firefighters who rescued people trapped in vehicles submerged by heavy rain floods and those who, on their day off, ran into a commercial building fire bare-handed, extinguished the fire, and rescued several people.

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