Fire Agency to Use 'Drones' for Summer Flood and Water Damage Preparedness... Conducts Special Tactical Training

Tactical Training for Four Days from the 14th Starting at Namhangang until the 18th

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The National Fire Agency announced on the 13th that it will conduct special tactical training by mobilizing all drones deployed at fire stations nationwide in preparation for the upcoming summer typhoons and heavy rains.

The National Fire Agency planned this training to apply the advantages of the firefighting drones currently in possession to firefighting sites and to improve operational tactics in order to prepare for widespread and complex wind and water disasters.

The training will be conducted over four days between the 14th and 22nd, mobilizing about 100 mission drones deployed at fire stations nationwide. It will be carried out as a regional integrated response training centered on Gyeonggi (Namhangang River on the 16th), Chungbuk (Chungju Lake on the 14th), Daegu (Nakdong River on the 22nd), and Gwangju (Jangseong Lake on the 18th). Related organizations and private groups will also participate to establish an organic cooperation and support system.

Simulated scenarios such as missing persons due to rapid currents, landslide burial accidents, and patients isolated by heavy rain will be arbitrarily assigned to establish response strategies and carry out operations such as search and delivery of supplies to isolated persons as if in real situations.

Videos of searches conducted by drones will be sent in real-time to the National Fire Agency’s command operation room to check the support and response system between the central and city/provincial fire headquarters. The National Fire Agency plans to further strengthen the role of firefighting drones at disaster sites to prevent safety accidents of dispatched personnel and actively respond to the changing types of wind and water disasters due to climate change.

Baek Deok-gon, Director of the 119 Rescue and Emergency Medical Service Bureau, said, "Firefighting drones are playing a significant role in various fields, and we will continue to enhance the practical use of drones on site."

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