Gyeonggi-do Fire Department Dispatched Every 2.1 Minutes Last Year... 249,710 Cases

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi-do Fire Department responded to rescue calls once every 2.1 minutes last year, handling one case every 2.8 minutes and rescuing one resident every 26.1 minutes.

By type of rescue, removing beehives accounted for 3 out of 10 cases, making it the most frequent, followed by safety measures, animal capture, and traffic accidents.

According to the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters on the 15th, the Gyeonggi-do Fire Department responded to a total of 249,710 rescue dispatches last year, handled 181,466 cases, and rescued 20,116 people.

Compared to the previous year, the number of dispatches increased by 25.5% (an increase of 50,830 cases), and the number of handled cases increased by 18% (an increase of 27,787 cases). However, the number of people rescued decreased by 0.12% (24 people).

By type of rescue, beehive removal accounted for 52,265 cases, representing 28.8% of the total. This was followed by safety measures such as removal of various accident hazards with 19,951 cases (11%), animal capture with 18,280 cases (10.1%), traffic accidents with 16,397 cases (9%), and fires with 14,421 cases (7.9%).

Looking at the number of people rescued, elevator rescues were the highest at 5,937 people (29.5%). This was followed by unlocking locked devices with 3,957 people (19.7%), traffic accidents with 2,717 people (13.5%), mountain accidents with 1,671 people (8.3%), and safety measures with 1,624 people (8.1%).

The Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters analyzed that overall rescue activities increased due to continuous population inflow into Gyeonggi-do and an increase in beehive removal reports, but the number of people rescued decreased due to social activity restrictions such as the spread of COVID-19.

Choi Byung-il, head of the Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters, emphasized, "We plan to prepare on-site response measures through analysis of rescue accident types by time and season," adding, "We will do our best to ensure the safety of residents by appropriately allocating rescue personnel and reinforcing rescue equipment."

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