Jeonnam Fire Department, Telecom Collaboration for 'Dual Emergency Rescue System'

Uninterrupted Dispatch Orders Possible Despite Dedicated Line Wired Network Failure

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Fire Headquarters (Chief Ma Jaeyoon) announced on the 24th that it has completed the dualization project of the emergency rescue system in cooperation with domestic telecommunications companies.

Through this project, Jeonnam Fire has dualized telecommunications companies to ensure that the reporting and reception system can operate without interruption, thereby enhancing its capability to respond more systematically to the lives and property of residents.

The dispatch command method was also dualized by adding a wireless method to the existing wired method, and it has started operation. The domestic telecommunications companies involved were SK Broadband and KT.

In particular, the newly established wireless communication dispatch command system uses LTE wireless communication technology. Even if there is a failure in the dedicated wired network, dispatch commands can be carried out without disruption.

During the KT Ahyeon branch communication duct fire in 2018, communication failures occurred in the areas of Jung-gu, Seodaemun-gu, and Mapo-gu in Seoul, causing public safety networks such as 119 and 112 to be interrupted for more than a week until full restoration, resulting in great confusion.

Following this incident, Jeonnam Fire has been promoting the dualization project of reporting and dispatch system telecommunications companies in cooperation with telecom companies since last year.

Ma Jaeyoon, Chief of Jeonnam Fire Headquarters, said, “When information and communication failures occur, disaster response becomes very difficult, so we dualized the dispatch command system. Through 24-hour seamless disaster response, we can respond more systematically to protect the lives and property of residents.”

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