Gwangju Nambu Fire Station Conducts Comprehensive Emergency Rescue Drill

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Gwangju Nambu Fire Station (Chief Lee Jeong-ja) announced on the 21st that it conducted a comprehensive emergency rescue drill in collaboration with the Gwangju Fire Safety Headquarters at the Smart Grid Headquarters of the Korea Electric Research Institute to establish initial response and integrated command at disaster sites in case of fire.

The comprehensive emergency rescue drill is designed to strengthen disaster response capabilities by efficiently operating the emergency rescue control team and establishing an organic cooperation system with emergency rescue support organizations in the event of complex and large-scale disasters.

This drill involved 172 personnel including firefighters and self-defense fire brigades, and 19 firefighting vehicles, simulating an explosion of unknown cause during an experiment in a laboratory at the Korea Electric Research Institute.

Especially since the drill was conducted under the special condition of nighttime, it focused on life rescue plans due to casualties and the transport of casualties through emergency medical stations, conducting a drill resembling an actual situation. The emphasis was on ▲activation of the emergency rescue control team and establishment of integrated command at the disaster site ▲role sharing among emergency rescue support organizations and groups according to situation-specific messages ▲establishment of a cooperative system among participating organizations.

Lee Jeong-ja, Chief of the Nambu Fire Station, said, “Through this comprehensive emergency rescue drill, all staff will thoroughly perform their assigned duties in preparation for large-scale disaster accidents and establish an emergency disaster response system among related emergency support organizations to do their best for citizen safety.”

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