Gwangju Fire Department Dedicates Efforts to Special Training for Life Rescue

Vehicle Forced Opening Drill Conducted

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju Fire Department is dedicating itself to special training for life rescue.

The Gwangju Metropolitan City Fire Safety Headquarters announced on the 9th that it conducted special training for forced vehicle opening in the event of vehicle fires and traffic accidents.

Eighty-five rescue team members participated, aiming to improve the ability to open the engine room and rescue trapped victims inside vehicles at accident scenes.

The training took place three times from the 3rd to the 9th at a scrapyard located in Ilgok-dong, Buk-gu.

Using rescue equipment such as hydraulic tools, airbags, and power cutters, the training focused on practical exercises assuming various accident types, including ▲opening vehicle engine rooms ▲securing and supporting vehicles for safe work ▲breaking vehicle glass ▲rescuing people inside vehicles.

The number of locking devices on vehicle engine rooms varies by manufacturer, and especially foreign cars are made in various forms.

To respond to this, the Gwangju Fire Headquarters created a forced engine room opening response manual by vehicle type last December, which is being utilized at vehicle accident scenes.

Kim Young-il, head of the city’s Rescue and Emergency Department, said, “We will conduct vehicle accident response training as if it were real and continuously improve the response manual through this. Through this, we will do our best to protect citizens’ lives at rescue sites by enhancing the life rescue capabilities of rescue team members.”

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