Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters to Conduct Basement Fire Suppression Drills Until January Next Year

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters will conduct underground floor fire suppression training for two months from this month until January next year.

The Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters announced on the 10th that, following the significant damage caused by a fire in the underground parking lot of an apartment in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do last August, it has decided to conduct an unusual underground floor fire suppression training.

This training will integrate basic and tactical exercises, including resource management such as vehicle and personnel management, fire suppression using equipment like thermal imaging cameras, and operation of the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) assuming actual trapped rescue targets. In particular, command and order tests such as on-site escape of underground entry personnel will also be conducted using smart life-saving devices.

Kwon Yong-seong, Head of Disaster Response Division at Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters, said, "Underground fires are prone to spreading into large-scale fires because the confined space contains a large amount of smoke, making it difficult to locate the ignition point and direction, and there are many obstacles to firefighting activities." He added, "The goal of this training is to enhance on-site response capabilities through realistic training using actual buildings."

Meanwhile, from 2018 to 2020, 1,073 underground fires occurred in Gyeonggi-do, resulting in 57 deaths and 114 injuries. Property damage was estimated at approximately 94.15 billion won.

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