Gwangju Fire Headquarters Receives Top A Grade in '119 Disaster Situation Management Evaluation'

Rapid, Accurate, and Organic Situation Management Praised

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Gwangju Metropolitan City Fire Safety Headquarters received the highest A grade in the 2021 “National 119 Disaster Situation Management Evaluation” hosted by the National Fire Agency.

The 119 Disaster Situation Management Evaluation is conducted by the National Fire Agency to assess the 119 situation management and response processes for disasters in which “response level 1 or higher or two or more deaths” occurred, targeting fire headquarters in 19 cities and provinces nationwide. It has been conducted since last year.

The evaluation is divided into metropolitan cities and provinces units, comprehensively judging the overall 119 situation management including ▲the speed and accuracy of initial and major situation reports ▲appropriateness of radio control ▲comprehensive judgment and reporting appropriateness of situation management.

The city Fire Safety Headquarters received high evaluations this year for rapid and accurate situation judgment and reporting, as well as organic situation management with related organizations in the disaster evaluation target.

In fact, during the building collapse accident in June, they minimized secondary accidents and damage by preemptively removing risk factors through rapid on-site video acquisition along with organic joint response with the disaster medical support team, military, and police.

Moon Hee-jun, head of the city 119 Comprehensive Situation Room, said, “I send encouragement to the efforts of the personnel who made this good evaluation possible,” and added, “We will continue to strengthen our response capabilities to various incidents and accidents and ensure flawless 24-hour situation management.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.