Jeonnam Fire Department Rescue Dog 'Janggo' Stands Out at National Competition

3rd Place in Individual Competition at the 11th National 119 Rescue Dog Contest Hosted by the Fire Agency

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The search and rescue dog belonging to Jeonnam Fire Department stood out at the national competition.

Jeonnam Fire Headquarters (Chief Ma Jaeyoon) announced on the 29th that ‘Janggo,’ a search and rescue dog belonging to the Mountain 119 Rescue Team, won 3rd place in the individual category at the ‘11th National 119 Search and Rescue Dog Competition hosted by the Fire Agency,’ held at the Central 119 Rescue Headquarters from the 26th to the 28th.

In this competition, 28 search and rescue dogs and handlers from fire departments across cities and provinces nationwide participated to compete with the skills they have honed so far.

The competition event was a comprehensive search, where the dogs passed through six obstacles: a shaky bridge, seesaw, ladder, tunnel, hurdle, and A-frame wall, then moved by running to a mountainous search area to find two rescue targets.

Search and rescue dog Janggo (handler Son Dohwan) received high evaluations in search ability, obstacle navigation, and handler operation skills, achieving the remarkable result of 3rd place in the individual category.

Janggo was assigned to the Mountain 119 Rescue Team in December 2018 and has been dispatched about 60 times over three years to search for survivors. Last year, Janggo was also selected as a righteous companion animal.

Chief Ma Jaeyoon said, “We will continue to conduct field deployment training such as search training and mountain adaptation training for search and rescue dogs through professional handlers, and do our best to make Jeonnam 119 search and rescue dogs the strongest dedicated search team nationwide.”

Handlers of search and rescue dogs pay special attention to the dogs’ usual condition and kennel management, and were selected as an excellent management institution in the 2021 on-site inspection of 119 rescue dog operating agencies.

Meanwhile, the Jeonnam Mountain 119 Rescue Team was selected as an excellent management institution in the 2021 on-site inspection of 119 rescue dog operating agencies, which evaluates the dogs’ usual condition and kennel management. In addition to Janggo, they operate three search and rescue dogs including Yongmaeng and Pobi.

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