Iksan Fire Station Conducts Fire Truck Right-of-Way Training to Secure Golden Time

Ongoing Work in Yeongdeung-dong Area and Major Markets, Frequent Congestion Zones

Photo by Iksan Fire Station Provided

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jaehee] The Iksan Fire Station in Jeonbuk recently conducted a joint training exercise to clear the way for fire trucks in order to protect the golden time for fire response amid increasing habitual traffic congestion.

On the 20th, the Iksan Fire Station announced that it carried out emergency vehicle dispatch drills and a fire truck clearance campaign simultaneously and intensively using fire vehicles from each jurisdictional center, targeting densely populated areas such as Yeongdeung-dong and major markets.

This training was organized to improve fire trucks' accessibility to disaster sites and to raise citizens' safety awareness, thereby securing routes for fire trucks and fostering a nationwide consensus on yielding.

To minimize human and property damage during fires, fire trucks must be guaranteed to arrive at the scene within 7 minutes; however, habitual congestion zones and illegal parking are causing delays in arrival.

Accordingly, the Iksan Fire Station also conducted geographical surveys of fire truck routes, checked for obstacles to dispatch, and cracked down on illegal vehicles to secure the golden time.

Chief Jeon Mihee explained the yielding rules: “Near intersections, vehicles should avoid the intersection and move to the right edge of the road; vehicles in the same lane or right lane as the fire truck should move to the right edge; vehicles in the left lane of the fire truck should yield to the left.”

Meanwhile, according to Article 21 of the Fire Services Act, acts such as ▲not yielding the way to fire trucks ▲cutting in front of or blocking fire trucks ▲and other actions that hinder fire truck dispatch are subject to fines of up to 2 million won.

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