Mokpo Coast Guard and Mokpo Fire Station Conduct Joint Drill to Extinguish Ship Fire Incident

Improving Ship Fire Accident Response Capabilities and Establishing a Collaboration System with Related Agencies

Mokpo Maritime Police Station and Mokpo Fire Station conducted a joint training exercise for responding to ship fire accidents. (Photo by Mokpo Maritime Police Station)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Seo Young-seo] Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Im Jae-su) announced on the 7th that it conducted a joint fire response drill with Mokpo Fire Station on the morning of the 4th at the small cargo yard in Bukhang, Mokpo City, Jeollanam-do.

This joint drill was held to establish a system for sharing tasks and cooperation with related organizations for rapid response in case of fire on vessels docked at ports and harbors. Participants included Mokpo Fire Station, private marine rescue teams, and volunteer fire brigades.

During the drill, a simulated fire scenario was assigned to densely docked vessels within the harbor, and key actions such as fire report reception and situation dissemination, initial firefighting, vessel separation and movement, injured rescue and transport, and drill debriefing were inspected.

Mokpo Maritime Police Station and Mokpo Fire Station plan to actively reflect the issues and improvements identified through this joint drill to prepare supplementary measures, and to strengthen continuous task exchanges and cooperation systems with related organizations to enhance the response capability to vessel fire incidents.

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